David F. Skinner

Born: April 30, 1941

Detail of "Sir Neville Nicholls" Oil on canvas  Date:2004, Location: Barbados Portrait of seated figure gesturing. « previous image next image »

Website: www.pftec.co.uk/demos/cricket

Occupation: Artist

Art Education:

School: Combermere School Date: 1960 College/University: School of Visual Art Date: 1963

Statement

As I am currently involved in painting sportsmen/women in action, but primarily cricketers, I have moved to an expressionistic style after initally attempting to use the cubist idiom to indicate bodies in movement in space. My decision to refer to the exponents of the expressionistic idiom, like Franz Klimt and Willem de Kooning, gave a more convincing manner of depicting movement and action by bold brush strokes and gestures. Added to this, I saw the human body as enveloped by an energy grid in the shape of a star-tetrahedron, which followed every movement of the body. Colour-wise, to achieve some variety, I base the scheme on the zodiac birth sign of the individual I am painting. All in all, my aim is to express physical movement in a most dynamic and expressive form.

Keyworks:

Sir Neville Nicholls, 2005, oil, Barbados   Sir George Alleyne, 2004, oil, USA   Steve Waugh, 2004, oil, UK   The 3 W’s, 2003, oil, Barbados   Courtney Walsh, 2000, oil, UK   Curtley Ambrose, 2000, oil, UK   Ian Botham, 2000, oil, UK   Gordon Greenidge, 2000, oil, UK   Whispering Death (Mike Holding), oil   Dickie Bird, 1998, oil, UK

Exhibitions (Group):

2002, Wardrobe Gallery, UK   1986, Commonwealth Institute of London, UK   1984, Queen’s Park Gallery, Art ’84, Barbados   1985, Queen’s Park Gallery, Scope, Barbados

Exhibitions (Solo):

2000, The Gallerynin Cork Street, Cricket in Action, UK   1998, Queen’s Park Gallery, Cricket Celebration, Barbados   1994, Queen’s Park Gallery, Cricket Celebration, Barbados

Publications (Discussed):

Nation newspaper, “Bajan Artist at Lord’s Museum” Date: 2004   Nation newspaper (London), “Skinner on Show in London” Date: 2000   Art in Barbados: What Kind of Mirror Image? Date: 1999

Commissions (Public):

2004, Sir Neville Nicholls, Barbados   2003, Sir George Alleyne, USA   C. Ambrose & C. Walsh, UK

Commissions (Private):

2004, Desmond Haynes, Barbados   2003, Sir George Alleyne, 25” x 22”, USA   2001, Mr. & Mrs. Guido Weiderkehr, Switzerland

Collections (Public):

Art Collection Foundation, Barbados   Lord’s Cricket Museum, UK   University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad   Pan American Health Organization, USA

Collections (Private):

Dr. & Mrs. Richard Sonis, USA   Robert Griffiths, Q.C., UK   Nelson Mandela, South Africa   Dennis Neilson, New Zealand

Awards:

Goddard Enterprises Award Date: 1987   Award of Distinction, National Independence Festival of Creative Arts Date: 1976   Award of Merit, National Independence Festival of Creative Arts Date: 1976   Award of Achievement, National Independence Festival of Creative Arts Date: 1974-1975