Landscape Oil Paintings:
Hyperrealism in microscopic detail by David Patch
My work has been described as "Exquisite - like a Dutch Master"
The randomness and precision of nature presents a fantastic challenge to understand and interpret...
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Into the Light
Waterfall on the Routeburn Track, South Island, NZ.
The finished painting is 1.2 meters long. The frame was made by myself.
840 x 1202mm Oil on etch primed aluminium © David Patch
Porters Pass (sold)
560x380mm Oil on board
© David Patch
Lake Clearwater
810x1090mm (including frame) Oil on etch primed aluminium
© David Patch
Displayed at the Mall Galleries in London, this picture came within 1 point of winning £20,000 in the 2003 Not the Turner Prize competition with ten thousand entries based mainly on quality and technical excellence. It was an experiment using oil paint for the first time, I wanted to find out how far I could push it and how fine I could go with the detail.
Oil on board size 18x26 inches © David Patch
^ I can think of worse things to be labelled as! ^
Pencil drawing which I did in various grades of lead, to see how far I could push this medium. Size A3.
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About me :
This is something I do in my spare time outside of full time work while also restoring four classic cars. For the last fifteen years I have been working as a Switchboard Fitter in Christchurch New Zealand. Originally from Bournemouth, England, I moved here in 2005. I survived the earthquake disasters in 2011 and count myself very lucky.
From a very early age my father encouraged me to draw a variety of subjects at home. Some of the tutors and friends at school said I was gifted. By the age of eleven, I had a keen interest in photography and I was fascinated by the heavy engineering in British railway locomotives. Following on from my school years were I gained O Levels in Art and Technical Drawing, I spent the latter half of 1987 at art college studying technical illustration where I gained a sound understanding of perspective, ellipses and foreshortening, plus good quality drawing instruments and an airbrush. I was told that my rendering could not be bettered by any professional.
After the unexpected success in the national art competition where I was placed second in 10,000 entries, I moved as far from my birthplace as is possible to go. Following my divorce I moved to New Zealand to start over. I sold my first oil painting for $13,500, then had an offer of $20k for the painting which followed. I have also spent the last 19 years restoring cars and developing my electrical skills. The time spent constructing switchboards has helped me to realise that you get out of life what you put into it. I have recently completed a four year apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering (Level 4).
It's taken over a decade to build financial security to assure I have a future. After working six and a half day 55 hour weeks for 3 years and pushing myself to the limit of endurance in the electrical trade, I bought a nice three bedroom house in 2019. I am planning to return to the art world in four to five years from now when I have tipped the balances in my favour. Being hyper sensitive with various talents has been a blessing and a curse. I sometimes wish I had lead a 'normal' life without thinking too much. The type of artwork I produce is time consuming and laborious. Rightly or wrongly I aim for perfection - I am unwilling to make compromises in this respect.
None of my paintings are straight copies. I normally work from upwards of fifty different photographs of the same scene while thinking about my real life impressions of the actual location.
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