David Cowden Art

“I'm bursting with ideas I hope I live long enough to paint them all.”

I was born in Belfast in 1970. At the age of two my family moved to England, as many Irish did at the that time, and settled in Birmingham. My art has been an undercurrent to my life. I was nurtured by the teachers at my vocational school where I recieved a rather interesting education due to my dyslexia, but, what is taken with one hand (literacy) is given with another (artistic ability). My teachers knew I had a precocious gift and happily commisioned work from me at the ripe age of twelve. I have been painting since that time although due to family commitment I was unable to attend Art College. In 1996 I met and married my wife Marion and together we have been focusing on getting my art into the public sphere. I have continued to paint all through my working life and now hope to leave my current job as a cabinet maker to become a full time artist. Art brings me such pleasure, every day I see something new that I want to commit to paper, there is inspiration around every corner.