Over the last few years, David’s work has focussed on commemorating significant moments in history for Britain. The D Day memorial at Gold Beach and the Mancity Legends at the Etihad Stadium hold in them a passion and vitality that immortalise those chapters in history they depict. These public sculptures unify and connect those people who pilgrimage to see them on their site-specific grounds, they instil into those who gaze up at them a sense of pride and inspiration. The effervescent spirit and dynamism they give is a testament to David’s ability to understand the human form and capture those important historical moments.
It is the powerful energy of David’s work that takes it beyond the ornamental and gives it a unique definitive contemporary edge. His artwork and career was described by Jussi Pylkkänen, the global president of Christie's auction house as; ‘Without doubt the greatest living sculptor working in portraiture because he captures the energy of movement, a very complex thing to do’.
Other significant works that have impacted both David and their audience have been Alan Turing at Sherborne School, Aberdeen Fishing Memorial and Yves du Monceau at the University of Louvain in Belgium. Today his work sits in international private collections and can be seen dominating public spaces and flagship buildings from Scone Palace in Perthshire to the IFC building in Shanghai and Swires in Hong Kong.
Other than commissions, David’s figurative artwork has been exhibited worldwide in galleries and private collections. Nationally he has shown at many galleries including Portland Gallery, Agnews, Sladmore and Cadogan Contemporary. They can also be seen by appointment at his studio in Oxfordshire.