David Williams ... surfartist

David Williams

Surf Artist 

Queensland, Australia

• visit: www.wildoats.com.au
• email: dw@wildoats.com.au

David Williams is a self taught Queensland based artist. Born to a family of sculptors and painters, his early years were spent living in a shack on the beach in NSW which later became "The Shack" Gallery representing family and artist friends in the area.
His drawing skills were honed at school, daydreaming out the window in maths, sketching out dreams of perfect waves in faraway locations all over his books.
After years spent drifting around Australia and overseas surfing, exploring, sketching, playing guitar in a punk band, working in mind numbing jobs, inventing things & co-founding a clothing label, David began painting full time in 1998. His works first showed in markets and galleries he owned in Melbourne and Queensland Australia.
Inspired by travel, birds, music, trees, animals and the sea, David's work embraces a wide range of media - Acrylics and oils on canvas, pastels and charcoals on paper and mixed media sculpture. He currently works fom his studio and out in the landscape, while travelling and painting for exhibitions in Australia and overseas.
David's works explore the lighter, more humorous aspects of life, as well as the darker side of mankind's relationships with animals and the planet.
He is represented by galleries in Brisbane, Broome, New Zealand, Singapore and the USA. His paintings hang in collections worldwide.
David has recently been selected by Austrade as one of a handful of artists to represent Australia in exhibitions and events around the world.