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2002 - 2008


ENCYCLOPAEDIA: A series of small scale mixed media works based on quotations from many themes.

ILLNESS & HOSPITAL: Several series of works on paper based on Dave's operation for bladder cancer and a long hospital stay.
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BESTIARY

Various series of work (e.g. Beauty and the Beast, The Hyena, The Green Man and The Search for the Blue Wolf) inspired by mediaeval bestiaries, making links between qualities associated with animals (especially predatory) and the human condition.
Byzantium


1989 - 1991
Sailing to Byzantium

1991 - 1997
Byzantium

Series of major paintings inspired by Yeats' poem, designed to cover and fit the space of the 5 venues in which they were exhibited.
BYZANTIUM
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Mainly 1983-8.
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CALENDAR CUSTOMS and IN THE 7 WOODS

1973 - 1981; 1981 - 1983

Work inspired by accounts of the customs and practices of rural English communities on particular days or periods of the year.

This was followed by a series of works celebrating of the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, still held every September.

THE BOOK
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A series of 276 illustrations, paintings and prints based on the Book of Revelation. c1975 - 1978.
JARROW - TWO INTERLUDES &
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VAN GOGH TRANSCRIPTIONS

1966 - 1973

Work in a wide-range of media inspired by the life and work of Vincent van Gogh, sometimes combined with events/performances from Dave's own life.

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ASTRONAUTS SERIES

1953 - 1966

and other early work

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CHRONOLOGY OF WORK

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