Artist's Profile
Born in London in 1961. Since graduating from Canterbury College of Art in the early 1980s I have worked continually as a fine artist including a brief period as a scene painter.
I regularly show at the Mall Galleries, London and was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 2004. I have exhibited with the New English Arts Club, The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour and the Chelsea Art Society.
In March 2019 I travelled to Barbados, Cuba and Cayman Islands with Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall as official tour artist.
I was invited by the China International Culture Association to take part in the China Tour For European Artists which took place in Beijing and Chongqing China 23th October to 9th November 2023.
My awards include:
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters - The ROI Themed Painting (Urban) Prize 28th November 2023
The Artists and Illustrators Prize - Chelsea Art Society 74th Summer Exhibition June 2023
The Agnes Reeve Award for a painting of London - Chelsea Art Society 73rd Summer Exhibition June 2022
The Frinton Frames Award at the RBA 2019 Annual Exhibition
Pintar Rapido, London 2017 - Professional Artist Category - 3rd Prize
The Julian Barrow Painting Prize at the 2016 Chelsea Art Society 69th Annual Exhibition
The de Laszlo Medal at the RBA 2012 Annual Exhibition
The Royal Automobile Club Centenary Art Prize 2011
The Arts Club Prize at the RBA 2010 Annual Exhibition
The Artists Magazine Prize at the RBA 2009 Annual Exhibition
The Education Purchase Prize at the RBA 2006 Annual Exhibition
The Daler-Rowley Award at the RBA 2005 Annual Exhibition
The Katherine William-Powlett Memorial Watercolour Prize in 1997 at the Chelsea Arts Society 50th Anniversary Exhibition
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PUBLICATIONS
Artists and Illustrators Magazine. Featured Artist. May 2024
International Artist Magazine #105, October/November 2015 issue. "Derived from Direct Observation". David Sawyer explains how knowledge gained from plein air painting can enhance a work of art.
International Artist Magazine Challenge #80, Favourite Subjects, Finalist Award published in International Artist magazine #96, April/May 2014 issue.
Article: La Depeche du Midi - 1/09/2011
Artists and Illustrators Magazine. Featured Artist. July 2013
The Artist Magazine. “David Sawyer in conversation with Julian Halsby”. September 2009 - ISSN 004-3877, Vol. 124 No. 9
Art of England Magazine. “Oxford from an Artist’s eye. July 2008
Artists and Illustrators Magazine. “Materials and Methods: Choosing Canvases”. October 2000
Artists and Illustrators Magazine. “Materials and Methods: Canvas and Oil Papers”. May 1998
Artists and Illustrators Magazine. “Ancient and Modern”. March 1998
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EVENTS -
Demonstration - "Painting in the city, architectural subjects" Pinner Sketch Club (Methodist Church, Pinner - June 2024
Dulwich Art Group - Framing Workshop "How to cut a mount - framing works on paper". 18th June and 25 June 2023
Dulwich Art Group - 5th to 9th June 2023. Teaching course "Plein Air" in Gordes, France
Dulwich Art Group - Framing Workshop 19th and 26 March 2023
Dulwich Art Group - 3rd to 7th October 2022. Teaching course "Plein Air" in Gordes, France
Dulwich Art Group - 5th January 2020. Demo in Oils.
Free Plein Air Painting Workshop at the Mall Galleries - 12th July 2019.
The Hertford Art Society - 30th January 2018. Demo in Oils.
The Hertford Art Society - 7th February 2017. Critique of Members' art.
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CURRENT/FUTURE EXHIBITIONS
75th Chelsea Art Society Exhibition, Main Hall, Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London SW3 5EE 12 to 17 June 2024
EXHIBITIONS 2011 TO DATE
Annual Exhibition - Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London. 29th February to 9th March 2024
Royal Institute of Oil Painters. Mall Galleries, London. 29 November to 16 December 2023
74rd Chelsea Art Society Exhibition, Main Hall, Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London SW3 5EE 14 to 18 June 2023
Mixed Exhibition "Horizons". Julian Mason, Michael Ascroft and David Sawyer. York Fine Arts. 83 Petergate, York YO1 7HY 24 March to 16 April 2023
Annual Exhibition - Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London. 2 to11 March 2023
Group Christmas Exhibition 2022. Thompsons Gallery, Aldeburgh - 3rd December 2022 to 7th January 2023
"10 small paintings of Venice" Thompsons Gallery, Aldeburgh - 22 October to 6 November 2022
Sloane Stanley Exhibition with Chelsea Art Society, 340 Kings Road, Chelsea London. 3rd to 16th October 2022
73rd Chelsea Art Society Exhibition, Main Hall, Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London. 16th to 20th June 2022
Group Exhibition. "Alfresco", The GalleryHolt, 23 Lees Yard, Holt NR25 6HS 4 June to 5 July 2922
Annual Group Exhibition 2022. Thompsons Gallery, Aldeburgh - 4th to 26th June 2022
Group Exhibition, The Dulwich Art Group, 4a Champion Hill, London SE5 8AH 14-15th May 2022
Annual Exhibition - Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London. 3rd March to 12th March 2022
Group Exhibition. Seven British Impressionists - Exhibition at Panter and Hall, Pall Mall, St James's, London SW1Y 5LU - 16 February to 4 March 2022
Group Exhibition at The Fittleworth Gallery, Lower St. Fittleworth, Pulborough RH20 IEJ - September 2021
Annual Group Exhibition at Thompson's Gallery, 175 High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, IP15 5AN. 12th June to 4th July 2021
3 person Exhibition: David Sawyer, Rod Pearce and Jo Bemis at Island Fine Arts, Chichester - 24 June - 21 July 2021
The RBA at the Russell Gallery. 12 Lower Richmond Road, London SW15 1JP. 13th May to 5th June 2021
Annual Exhibition - Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London. 15th April to 24th April 2021
Group Exhibition. British Impressionists - On-line Exhibition at Panter and Hall, Pall Mall, St James's, London SW1Y 5LU - 23 March to 9 April 2021
Group Exhibition. British Impressionists 2020 - On-line Exhibition at Panter and Hall, Pall Mall, St James's, London SW1Y 5LU - 2nd - 19th June 2020
Group Exhibition. ROSL at Home with the RBA. Royal Oversea's League, Park Place, St James's Street, London SW1A ILR. Virtual on-line Exhibition 13-31 May 2020
Group Exhibition. The RBA at Linden Hall Studio. 32 St George's Road, Deal, Kent CT14 6BA. 9th March to 27th March 2020
Solo Exhibition. "The Caribbean" at Panter and Hall, Pall Mall, St James's, London SW1Y 5LU - 11th March - 27th March 2020
Annual Exhibition - Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London. 18 to 29th February 2020.
Connect Art Fair London 2020 - Represented by Thompsons Gallery, London. Watercolours. 30 January to 2 February 2020. The Mall Galleries, St James, London SW1
Panter and Hall's Twentieth Birthday Exhibition, Pall Mall, St James's, London SW1Y 5LU - 1st October - 18th October 2019
Chelsea Art Society Members Exhibition. "Ebb & Flow a Chelsea Perspective". 340 Kings Road, London SW3 5UR. 8th to 13th October 2019
RBA Group of Invited Artists. "The Best of British". Trent Art, 19 Brunswick Street, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 1HF 6th September to 30th September 2019
Annual Exhibition - Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London. 4th July 2019
72nd Chelsea Art Society Exhibition, Main Hall, Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London. 13th to 19th June 2019
Group Exhibition, The Dulwich Art Group, 4a Champion Hill, London SE5 8AH 11-12th May 2019
RBA Group Exhibition. "The RBA at Hall Place". Bourne Road, Dartford, Bexley DA5 1PQ. 6th April to 7th July 2019
RBA Group Exhibition. M1 Fine Art, 20 Nelson Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9JB. 6th April to 28th April 2019
RBA Group Exhibition. M1 Fine Art, 80 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H OBF. 1st March to 31st March 2019
Group Spring Exhibition. JP Art Gallery, Blackheath Village, London SE3 1st March - 7th April 2019
Group Exhibition, "Treasures of the Continent" Harrogate Fine Arts, Harrogate 18 May - 10 June 2018
Group Exhibition, The Dulwich Art Group, 4a Champion Hill, London SE5 8AH 12-13th May 2018
2 person Exhibition at Island Fine Arts, Isle of Wight - 26 April - 18 May 2018
Annual Exhibition - Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London. 21 March - 31 March 2018
Metropolis: Celebrating the World's Greatest Cities" Group Exhibition at Thompson's Gallery London, 21st February - 10th March 2018
Celebrating 'The Best of British'. RBA Exhibition at M1 Fine Art, 20 Nelson Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9JB, 3 February - 1st March 2018
Chelsea Art Society 2017 Open Exhibition, Main Hall, Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London. 26th to 30th October 2017
Annual Group Autumn Exhibition at Thompson's Gallery London, 21st September to 7th October 2017
Pintar Rapido London 2017 Artist's Exhibition, Main Hall, Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London. 30th July 2017
Annual Group Exhibition at Thompson's Gallery, 175 High Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, IP15 5AN. 10th June to 2nd July 2017
RBA Group Exhibition at the Russell Gallery, 12 Lower Richmond Road, London SW15 1JP. 4th to 27th May 2017
Annual Exhibition - Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London. March - 2 April 2017
Group Exhibition - The City and the Country "Painting the Landscape", Aubergine Gallery, 1 Queens Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 8NG - 1st March 2017
Solo Exhibition - Thompsons Gallery. New Cavendish Street, London W1G - October 2016
Annual Exhibition - Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London. From 16 March - 2 April 2016
Group Christmas Exhibition 2015. The John Noott Gallery, Broadway Modern, 10 The Green, Broadway, Worcestershire, WR12 7AA
Group Christmas Exhibition 2015. Wimbledon Fine Art and Stafford Gallery. 41 Church Road, London SW19 5DQ 22 Nov - 6 Dec 2015
Group Christmas Exhibition 2015. Thompsons Gallery, Aldeburgh - 2015
RBA Group Exhibition 2015@ The Lloyd's Register, Richard Rogers Building, 71 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 4BS - 7-29 October 2015
Geedon Gallery Autumn Exhibition 2015. Jaggers, Fingringhoe, Colchester, Essex C05 7DN - 10-25 October 2015
Solo Exhibition - "Saint Lizier et autres lieux en peinture". 2 place de l'Eglise, St Lizier, Ariege South West France - 5-20 August 2015
Solo Exhibition - Denise Yapp Contemporary Art - 13th June - 3 July 2015
68th Annual Open Exhibition, The Chelsea Art Society. Main Hall, Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London. 18-22 June 2015
4 Person Exhibition. Judith Gardner, Pamela Kay, Saliann Putman and David Sawyer. The Russell Gallery", 12 Lower Richmond Road, London SW15 1JP. 16 April - 2 May 2015
Group Exhibition "British Landscapes" at Thompsons Gallery, 15 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 9UB. 8 April - 26 April 2015
Geedon Gallery. RBA Spring Exhibition 2015. Jaggers, Fingringhoe, Colchester, Essex C05 7DN - 21 March - 5 April 2015
Annual Exhibition - Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London. From 11 - 21 March 2015
Art Fair - Realism Amsterdam - Selection of Thompson's Gallery Artists, Represented by Thompson's Gallery, 15 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 9UB 15-18 January 2015
Annual Exhibition - The Royal Institute of Oil Painters at the Mall Galleries, London 10 December - 21 December 2014
Annual Group Exhibition 2014. Thompson's Gallery, 15 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 9UB - 25 September - October 2014
Group Exhibition "Tradition - Modern Figurative Painting in Britain". Panter and Hall, 12 Pall Mall, London. 25 June - 11 July 2014
Solo Exhibition - Recent paintings 2013-2014: From the Mediterranean to the River Thames. Thompson's Gallery, 15 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 9UB - June 2014
Group Exhibition. "RBA at the Russell Gallery", 12 Lower Richmond Road, London SW15 1JP. 29 May - 21 June 2014
Annual Exhibition - Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London. From 5 - 15 March 2014
Federation of British Arts at the North Gallery - Mall Galleries - "Little Gems" - Group Exhibition of English Landscapes. 15-22 February 2014
Annual Exhibition - The Royal Institute of Oil Painters at the Mall Galleries, London 11 December - 21 December 2013
Annual Exhibition - New English Art Club at the Mall Galleries, London 29 November - 8 December 2013
Annual Exhibition - Royal Society of Marine Artists at the Mall Galleries, London. 16 - 27 October 2013
RBA Group Exhibition - Rye Art Gallery , 107 High Street, Rye, East Sussex TN31 7JE - 12 October - 10 November 2013
Geedon Gallery Autumn Exhibition 2013. Jaggers, Fingringhoe, Colchester, Essex C05 7DN - 5 - 20 October 2013
Annual Group Exhibition 2013. Thompson's Gallery, 15 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 9UB - 23 September - 6 October 2013
Group Summer Exhibition - Denise Yapp, Contemporary Art. 29 June - 30 August 2013
2 paintings exhibited at a Group rolling show - organised by the Mall Galleries at Threadneedle Investments’ offices – the Fifth Floor Exhibition. May - August 2013
Group Exhibition - Pastel Society at the Mall Galleries, London. 11 June to 22 June 2013
Donation of a painting to the "Fight for Sight Charity - Eye for Art, Silent art auction" at the Menier Gallery, Menier Chocolate Factory, 51 Southwark St, London SE1 1RU - 20th - 25th May 2013.
Group Exhibition - Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours at the Mall Galleries, London. 5 April to 18 April 2013
Annual Exhibition - Royal Society of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London. From 6 - 23 March 2013 - "Winner of the De Laszlo Medal 2012"
Federation of British Arts at the Mall Galleries - The British Scene - Group Exhibition of "English Landscapes" sharing space with Dutch Landscapes on loan from the Dulwich Picture Gallery - 24 January - 16 February 2013
Solo Exhibition: "Inspired by Spires" An exhibition featuring David's favourite images of the the Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge in Oils. Panter and Hall, St James's London - December 2012
The Howard de Walden Art Prize 2012 - Thompson's Gallery, Marylebone, London - December 2012
Group Christmas Exhibition at the RAC Clubhouse in Pall Mall - November 2012
Group Exhibition - Federation of British Artists at the Mall Galleries, London "Artworks of London - the Olympic host city" Mid July to Mid August 2012
3 man Exhibition - Stockbridge Gallery, Stockbridge - June 2012
Artists of Fame and Promise" Exhibition of Panter and Hall Artists at the Lloyds Club, 42 Crutched Friars, London EC3N 2AP 21st May - 13 July 2012
Donation of a painting to the Multiple Sclerosis Trust, Secret Art Show - May 2012 - A short article featured in the Independent Newspaper
Annual Venice in Peril Group Exhibition - WH Pattersons, London. 17 January - 17 February 2012 - 3 oil paintings included.
The Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall Centenary Art Prize Exhibition 2011. "First prize winner".
David exhibited Watercolours "Cambridge and its Colleges" at Thompsons Gallery, 15 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 9UB. 29 November - 18 December 2011.
"Recent Oils" featuring river views of London at Panter and Hall, Mayfair, London W1 - 7th June 2011
Group Exhibition: Belgravia Gallery, 45 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4JL - Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund in the presence of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh - 29 March 2011