Original work by DAVID FIELD
Oil on canvas
Framed size 40 x 40 cm (28 x 28 unframed)
Signed, 2023
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David Field (b.1937) is a formally trained British painter whose work captures the theatre of everyday life along the coastlines of south-east England and west Wales.
Field’s paintings are defined by a strong sense of symmetry and balance. His compositions are often centrally framed, lending a post-modern, almost hyperreal stillness, like a tableau paused mid-narrative. A soft, pastel-leaning palette enhances this storybook quality, while small, telling details of human life are observed with gentle humour.
In west Wales, Field turns to the landscapes around Newport and Fishguard in Pembrokeshire. Green hills, open skies and beaches are rendered with the same symmetry, balance and compositional clarity that define his work.
Now in his late eighties and still painting, David Field’s work feels newly resonant. While his career has unfolded largely outside the commercial spotlight, David’s paintings reveal a distinctive and quietly assured voice, one that feels both timeless and strikingly contemporary. Deeply British, quietly cinematic, and perfectly attuned to contemporary interiors seeking narrative depth and a sense of place.
About this painting, David Field says:“I was visiting Cardigan and went to St Dogmaels, where I sat on the riverbank looking across the water. On the opposite side there was a beautiful green field. I had made a small notation of it in my sketchbook, and this painting grew from that. Usually my work takes time. I might return to a painting for weeks, sometimes months. But this one came quickly. It felt complete almost at once, as though the colour and the structure had already settled in my mind.”
Original work by DAVID FIELD
Oil on canvas
Framed size 40 x 40 cm (28 x 28 unframed)
Signed, 2023
Free UK shipping included with purchase price
Please get in touch for international shipping costs
David Field (b.1937) is a formally trained British painter whose work captures the theatre of everyday life along the coastlines of south-east England and west Wales.
Field’s paintings are defined by a strong sense of symmetry and balance. His compositions are often centrally framed, lending a post-modern, almost hyperreal stillness, like a tableau paused mid-narrative. A soft, pastel-leaning palette enhances this storybook quality, while small, telling details of human life are observed with gentle humour.
In west Wales, Field turns to the landscapes around Newport and Fishguard in Pembrokeshire. Green hills, open skies and beaches are rendered with the same symmetry, balance and compositional clarity that define his work.
Now in his late eighties and still painting, David Field’s work feels newly resonant. While his career has unfolded largely outside the commercial spotlight, David’s paintings reveal a distinctive and quietly assured voice, one that feels both timeless and strikingly contemporary. Deeply British, quietly cinematic, and perfectly attuned to contemporary interiors seeking narrative depth and a sense of place.
About this painting, David Field says:“I was visiting Cardigan and went to St Dogmaels, where I sat on the riverbank looking across the water. On the opposite side there was a beautiful green field. I had made a small notation of it in my sketchbook, and this painting grew from that. Usually my work takes time. I might return to a painting for weeks, sometimes months. But this one came quickly. It felt complete almost at once, as though the colour and the structure had already settled in my mind.”
