David Whitaker Painting - book available now! – 23 November 2011
Matthew Sturgis and black dog publishing have put together a brilliant new book celebrating the life and expansive career
David Whitaker, (1938-2007), was an abstract painter fascinated by the optical effects of colour. Over the course of a career that spanned five decades, he pursued this fascination with inspired commitment, producing a wonderfully rich and substantial oeuvre.
The David Whitaker Painting book charts the course of his artistic development, with examples of all phases of his work. The text, written by Matthew Sturgis, combines a full account of Whitaker's career, contemporary critical appraisals, an illuminating fragment of autobiographical memoir, as well as useful chronology.
David Whitaker Painting is an essential read.