Dave Pearson
  • About
    • Dave Pearson: an overview
    • Obituary: The Guardian
    • The Dave Pearson Studio
    • Exhibition notes
    • Dave Pearson and the Creative Daimon
  • Work
    • Early work
    • Van Gogh work
    • Revelations
    • English Customs
    • Calendar Customs
    • In the 7 Woods
    • Self-portraits
    • Autobiographical paintings
    • Byzantium
    • The Bestiary series
    • Late works 1
    • Late works 2
  • News
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DAVE PEARSON

Dave Pearson (1937-2008) was a London born artist who spent most of his working life in Rossendale, Lancashire.

The writer and critic Edward Lucie-Smith wrote:“It’s not often nowadays that a really major artist slips through the net. In Dave Pearson’s case the fact is the more surprising since his major enterprises… were invariably both extremely ambitious and not at all difficult for ordinary spectators to construe and empathize with.”

THE DAVE PEARSON STUDIO

54 Manchester Rd Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5TE UK

Interior with Red Table Artist's studio The Bedroom The Meal The Ship Interior in red & grey Interior with chair Interior with man and fish Cornucopia

Autobiographical paintings

Paintings

During the 1980s Dave also started to paint canvases on autobiographical scenes. His father Samuel had died of cancer in 1978, and his mother Anne sank into depression and mental illness. Anne was a self-taught artist, and Dave kept all of her work. She finally died alone in London in 1983 and Dave, grieving, was clearly prompted by these events to create a series of large, striking paintings about the life of his parents, his memories, and life in London as a child.

Other Projects

Calendar Customs

Van Gogh work

Revelations

Byzantium

In the 7 Woods

The Bestiary series

Early work

Self-portraits