MY ATALANTA DAVID WIGHTMAN
MY ATALANTA DAVID WIGHTMAN
LONG & RYLE
MY ATALANTA
David Wightman is well known for his colourful landscape paintings of imaginary mountains and lakes. Using humble wallpaper for texture, Wightman collages the surfaces of his paintings using a technique similar to marquetry. Wightman has developed a unique colour palette of contrasting hues and calming greys to create depth and intensity in his work. Each painting is meticulously collaged, crafted, and painted over a period of several weeks. His fictional landscapes pay homage to earlier landscape painters while remaining utterly unique and personal. Wightman describes his fictional mountainscapes as “idealised and impossible”. Colour, composition, and collage are the key aspects of his work. My Atalanta is Wightman’s second solo exhibition with Long & Ryle and features over a dozen new artworks including paintings, prints, and drawings.
David Wightman (b. 1980, Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK) is a British painter and printmaker based in London, UK. He studied Fine Art at Middlesex University, London (2001) and received an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London (2003). Wightman’s solo exhibitions include My Atalanta, Long & Ryle, London (2020), In Arcadia, Duran|Mashaal Gallery, MontrÊal (2018), A Devotion, Someth1ng Gallery, London (2018), EMPIRE, Long & Ryle, London (2016), New paintings + Akris collaboration, Akris, 30 Old Bond Street, London (2014), Redux, 10 Gresham Street and Halcyon Gallery (2014), Hero, commission for House Arts Festival (2013), Paramour, Halcyon Gallery, London (2012), Homage to Loreleia, Berwick Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland (2011), Secret Name, Sumarria Lunn, London (2010), Behemoth, Cornerhouse, Manchester (2009), and Aspirations, William Angel Gallery, London (2008).
EMPIRE, Long & Ryle, London / 2016
Homage to Loreleia, Berwick Gymnasium Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed / 2011
In 2010, Wightman was awarded the Berwick Gymnasium Arts Fellowship - a six-month residency in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, funded by Arts Council England and English Heritage. In 2013, he was selected by the curator of House Arts Festival, Mariele Neudecker, to make a site-specific painting for a disused pavilion on Brighton’s seafront. The commission was funded by Arts Council England. In 2014, Wightman collaborated with the fashion label Akris for their Fall / Winter 2014/15 collection. His work has featured in Harper’s Bazaar, The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Financial Times, The World of Interiors, and Money Week.
PAINTINGS
Andromeda acrylic and collaged wallpaper on canvas 80 x 100 cm
Ariadne iv acrylic and collaged wallpaper on canvas 90 x 120 cm
Celine iv acrylic and collaged wallpaper on canvas 80 x 100 cm
Delphine iv acrylic and collaged wallpaper on canvas 45 x 60 cm
Delphine iii acrylic and collaged wallpaper on canvas 45 x 60 cm
Atalanta acrylic and collaged wallpaper on canvas 120 x 200 cm
Helena acrylic and collaged wallpaper on canvas 70 x 105 cm
Herculine acrylic and collaged wallpaper on canvas 80 x 100 cm
Penelope acrylic and collaged wallpaper on canvas 80 x 80 cm
Eve iii acrylic and collaged wallpaper on canvas 80 x 160 cm
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
Arcadia v digital archival print on Somerset satin 330gsm paper with a deckle edge 44 x 102 cm / signed limited edition of 25
Atalanta digital archival print on Somerset satin 330gsm paper with a deckle edge 59 x 87 cm / signed limited edition of 25
Ariadne ii digital archival print on Somerset satin 330gsm paper with a deckle edge 59 x 72 cm / signed limited edition of 25
Ariadne digital archival print on Somerset satin 330gsm paper with a deckle edge 59 x 72 cm / signed limited edition of 25
Beatrix ii digital archival print on Somerset satin 330gsm paper with a deckle edge 44 x 62 cm / signed limited edition of 25
Beatrix digital archival print on Somerset satin 330gsm paper with a deckle edge 44 x 62 cm / signed limited edition of 25
Cartoon for Herculine pencil on Moleskine paper 25 x 38.2 cm
Cartoon for Phaedra pencil on Moleskine paper 25 x 38.2 cm
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