Rowland Davidson - Irish Artist

Rowland Davidson has predominantly painted those around him - the people of Ireland, country fairs and markets, musicians and children at play, often using his grand daughters as models, conveying the unique bond between grandparent and child. He agrees with C.S. Lewis who said,"We sit down before a picture in order to have something done to us, not that we may do things with it. The first demand any work of art makes upon us is "Surrender. Look. listen. Receive." Born in Belfast in 1942, he studied Fine Art at Belfast College of Art. In 1968, he graduated and spent several years teaching Art and Design as Head of Department at a Belfast boys school, in 1975. In 1987 he gave up teaching in order to pursue art more fully, becoming one of Ireland's best-known figurative painters. This Irish art show displays the ongoing attitude Davidson has to his work - ie, a simple honest study of his subject, resulting in an uncontrived piece which, in his own words is,"More than the sum of its parts."
Gormleys Fine Art - Dublin - 20th Mar - 3rd Apr 2010
24 South Frederick St, Dublin 2 Tel: +353 (0) 1 6729031
Irish Art