PROFILE

David will be one of the artists featured in the 2nd Animal EARTh Exhibition to be held at Willington Hall Hotel, Cheshire CW6 0NB, 16th – 24th October 2010

Cheshire Wildlife Artist David A. Finney has had a lifelong interest in Natural-History, and a particular passion for British birds.  In 1988 he was delighted to receive his first commission from the RSPB for a set of Christmas cards. It was the ornithological seal of approval he had been looking for.

Throughout the 1990's, his one-man touring exhibition graced venues from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust’s Whitbread Gallery at Martin Mere to the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Autumn 2011 will see his solo show ‘Seasonal Colours’ fill the Cheng-Kim Loke Gallery at WWT headquarters, Slimbridge.

Since 2003, David has been involved with the National Exhibition of Wildlife Art and recently joined the organising committee. He is a member of the Marwell International Wildlife Art Society and also regularly exhibits with the Natural World Art Group, in Norfolk.

In almost 20 years as a professional artist, David’s work has been reproduced on collectors-plates, by Spode and Danbury Mint, as well as on hundreds of greetings-cards for organisations such as the RSPB, Worldwide Fund for Nature and The Romansleigh Collection.  He has also recently illustrated three children's books: ‘Rosie and the Wand’ and ‘Poggin Tails’ by Nick Copper and 'Hungry Horatio; the short-sighted goat' by Lynne Bradbury.

David lives and works in the south Cheshire village of Alsager.

“Although I work in acrylics, I think of my paintings essentially as watercolours”, says David. “Each is built up in layers; from the thin washes of the background to the fine details in the main subject. I draw my inspiration from the countryside around me and trust my appreciation of it shows through in my work”.