Artist Focus - David Holmes

David Holmes

Our next featured artist for May is David Holmes. You can visit David's Feature window at the Wynd Gallery from - May 18 - June 4 and find out more about David and his

work below.

The Wynd Gallery is a co-operative art gallery run by local artists. The gallery offers an ever-changing exhibition of contemporary prints, paintings, sculpture, jewellery, photography, ceramics and textiles. The gallery promotes the Arts in Letchworth Garden City and provides an exciting venue suitable for artists working across a range of contemporary visual arts media. Throughout the year our artists will share their work through our feature window programme

You are our current featured artist at the Wynd gallery, with our featured artist window. Please tell us about what we can expect to see when we visit the gallery?

Decorative art made from driftwood, found objects and bog wood.

Can you tell us a little about your journey into art? Since childhood l have always collected shells, pebbles and driftwood. The coastal lifestyle is about the natural environment, and l hope my finds and decorative pieces will serve as a memento of that.

What materials or techniques do you most enjoy working with?

Driftwood, seaglass, handmade paper and seagrass.

What’s one tool you couldn’t live without?

Scalpel

Where do you draw inspiration from? Nature, people, emotions, or something else?

From the seashore. Mostly Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion.

What projects or ideas are you excited to explore next?

I love making paper and l am experimenting using it with driftwood and seaglass

What’s one surprising fact about you that people might not expect?

I worked in London as a graphic designer for nearly 40 years.

Do you have a ritual or routine that helps you get into a creative mindset?

An early morning dog walk in the woods.

Coffee, tea, or something else while you create?

Ginger tea

What advice would you give someone who wants to start exploring craft or art themselves?

Growth happens out of your comfort zone, embrace mistakes.