Dave West

 Award-winning artist & tutor Dave West was born in 1972 in Penclawdd on the Gower peninsula in South Wales and grew up in Swansea City.
In 1995 he went to Ireland and has lived and worked there since in Balbriggan on the North Dublin Coastline. 


​Dave studied Illustration at the Carmarthenshire College of Art & Design and in 2013 gained a degree in History of Art through the Open University.

 

His practice covers a broad range from meticulous still life paintings, loose expressive pastel drawings to charcoal and Plein Air (outdoor) painting. He is a regular exhibitor with Ireland and Britain's most prestigious societies and institutions including the;
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  • Royal West of England Academy
  • Royal Institute of Oil Painters
  • ​Royal Society of British Artists
  • Pastel Society (UK)
  • Royal Society of Marine Artists
  • Royal Hibernian Academy
  • Royal Ulster Academy
  • Eigse
  • Pastel Society of Ireland
  • Dublin Painting & Sketching Club
Dave West