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Author: Rachael Brooks

David Suff: Works on Paper

Thursday, 9th July, 2009 at 2:41 pm, Isle of Wight

Art, Events, Freshwater

18, September 2009to1, November 2009

There’s an interesting exhibition coming up at Dimbola Lodge at the end of the summer.

David Suff is an internationally acclaimed artist whose work has been exhibited around the world.

David specialises in works on paper, and is well-known for his remarkably rich drawings in coloured pencil and for intricate hand-coloured etchings.

He has a very particular vision – a combination of an introspective and autobiographical truth with a search for a common spiritual enquiry.

There is a contemplative stillness at the heart of his finest pieces; his patient technique reveals his carefully considered response of eye and hand to the visual world.

David says “My pictures are based on observational drawing and the landscape, especially gardens. The garden illustrates humankind’s search for the divine. For many the garden is an attempt to have a small glimpse of heaven here on earth.”

These drawings are richly coloured, finely detailed – often mesmerising in their hold of the viewer’s attention.

Dimbola Lodge
Open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm
Open Bank Holidays and every day during the school summer holiday|Closes at 4pm in the Winter

Adults £4|Students £3.50 (with valid NUS card)|Children under 16 yrs FREE

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2 Responses to “David Suff: Works on Paper”

  1. Click if you like this comment steve s     says:
    9, July 2009 at 2:58 pm

    I’m pretty sure the image you feature was an album sleeve for a fairly obscure Richard Thompson project.
    Really nice. I shall try to attend this exhibition.

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  2. Click if you like this comment Geoff Batchelor     says:
    25, August 2009 at 11:02 pm

    Steve S is correct. It was the cover of the second Fench, Frith, Kaiser & Thompson album – “Invisible Means”. Highly recommended if you like off-beat stuff. Contains one of Thompson’s bleakest songs (and that is saying something), ‘Killing Jar’ but also his brilliantly fun version of ‘Loch Lomond’.

    David Suff has drawn covers for other records on his Fledgeling label, e.g Helen Watson’s ‘Doffing’.

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