David Dodsworth - Praxis III - 63/250

Work on special handmade paper, characteristic of David Dodsworth's working method. Dimensions frame 39x44cm, inside passe-partout 26x31cm. Signed in pencil at the bottom, named and numbered by the artist. Work very nicely framed and in perfect condition!
David Dodsworth was born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 1952. In 1969 he decided to attend Lancaster School of Arts to take a basic course in art and design. At twenty he married Anne and they had a daughter Chloë. The family moved to Sunderland, where Dodsworth had enrolled as a painting student at the college. It was in Sunderland that he learned the basic technical skills of the draftsman and printmaker.
Despite the obvious influences of the Abstract Expressionists, Dodsworth refuses to describe himself as an abstract painter. His mission is to provide an art that is accessible. You can see references to abstract expressionism, primitivism, religion and technology in his work.
Dodsworth earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts before setting up his own studio. He experiments with images and methods of original printing and paper production, working with thick paints, gold leaf and metals that he cuts with a jigsaw. He has created a completely individual style that became world famous in 1985.
David's work is characterized by his use of exotic cast paper and the technique of carborundum aquatint - an innovative approach made famous in original intaglio art by Joan Miro, the master surrealist. In this technique, a silicon carbide mixture is built up on the surface of a copper plate (or a plate of thick plexiglass). When a sheet of moistened paper is pressed against the plate, it creates a highly textured relief that can be further manipulated through the application of various pigments and materials. Dodsworth's visual language is abstract yet pleasing at the same time, with many visually exotic techniques and features.
He has won awards in Japan and Germany and was accepted into the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers in England. Many of Dodsworth's works have been commissioned for their headquarters by some of the world's largest companies and his works are represented in many leading galleries in the United States, Canada and Europe.