This is another gem in the Gower landscape – the Worm’s Head Lookout Station at Rhossili. I really enjoyed painting this. This stout and sturdy single story building is made of granite and was built over 120 years ago, around 1896. It sits alone at the top of…
This, like a number of my recent and forthcoming works, will not be available to buy for the foreseeable future as they will be exhibited first but I am posting details of them to keep collectors and artlovers up to date with my recent work, inspirations, and directions.…
The title refers to the time before one activity, after another activity has ceased. A limbo period filled with change checking in her purse, as she waits for her bus to arrive. The composition is, as with many of my works, influenced the diagonal compositions as used…
A hot summer day on Oxford Street Swansea finds this old dude, sharply dressed for the summer heat. The title again has two meanings – the man has bought a certain something for a precious loved one or he has a certain something as in presence or…
Delighted to have Sold “Still Life” via Artfinder a day after adding to my store! Going to the USA! #artfinder #swansea “A jaunty elderly man, all dressed and booted on his way to the shops in Uplands, Swansea. I loved his cheerful sense of purpose and his…
An expressionist “urban folk” oil painting of a gentleman taking “time out” and a hot beverage. The warm orangy-brown and wood and brickwork contrast with the blue, hard surfaces of the road, street and passing cars. The warm, calm and relaxation with the busy, bustling city street scene…
This is a painting of a most enchanted wood, halfway between Ilston and the Gower Inn in the Parkmill area of Gower peninsula in Wales. These woody areas, as many artlovers will have realised by now, are a constant source of inspiration for much of my refractionist…
Delighted to say I have just SOLD “Gorse Farm” and “Suncatchers” via Artfinder ! These paintings are from two years ago and illustrate how much my style as changed in that time. Some artlovers seem to like or even prefer this simple, looser style. Art style I find…
A new oil painting – “Weighing it Up” – down Cardiff market. This Hopperesque painting is of the fish market at the Hayes entrance to Cardiff Market. I have always loved the glaring artificial light above this fish stall. It creates some lovely colours and a pleasing depth…
This is another new oil painting “Rainbow Sugar Loaf” An oil painting of Sugar Loaf Mountain near Abergavenny in Mid Wales, with rainbow colours of gorse, heather and burnt grass sun streaking across the hillside.
David Fry
Why do the details matter? I have always had a fascination for the ordinary details that are easily overlooked. I want to convey what a scene looked like at that moment. Here I explain the inspiration behind my recent painting, “Near Dunmore Strand”.
I love old Donegal houses. I enjoy the old-style aesthetic. In Donegal, houses were whitewashed and woodwork was painted red. You still see a few houses like this. Sometimes you might see one with a thatched roof. Usually, their thatch has been replaced with tiled roofs.
Gola is a Donegal island I painted and thought about long before I set foot on its shores. I have written about it before here. Last month I was fortunate to visit it.
The journey to Arranmore is always a treat. The ferry is speedy. It takes not much more than 15 minutes to complete the three-mile journey. It provides a feast of inspiration for my work.
