British Art Fair: David Spiller, SOLO Stand 4

"Don’t be afraid to give your heart.  

Don’t be afraid to walk in the dark.  

Don’t be afraid to say yes.  

Don’t be afraid to say no.  

Don’t be afraid to have fun.  

Don’t be afraid to say I love you".    

David Spiller 1942 - 2018

Born in Dartford, Kent, David became engrossed in art and popular culture from a young age.  His older brothers would play him projections of Mickey Mouse cartoons and he would spend hours drawing the characters, as a way of keeping them close to him.   After studying Graphic Design at Sidcup Art School and painting at Beckenham School of Art, in 1962 he went on to the Slade School of Art, where he was taught by Frank Auerbach and William Coldstream and where he won the Henry Tonks Prize for Drawing.  Throughout his long career he enjoyed huge success with regular solo shows through Europe, the UK and America and his paintings are held in important private and public collections worldwide.  

David continued to make original artworks specifically for prints up until he died, for his last editions to be published after his death.  He painted from scratch individual works, by-passing the digital process and making bespoke new works specifically for printmaking. Fervently keeping alive his life-time's work, and spending his last working days surrounded by his favourite cartoon family, and including his most important, heartfelt mantras and song lyrics