Inspirational Art4u - Original Fine Art Paintings + Cartoons by the artist Edward
McNaught-Davis
Inspirational Art4u/About the Fine Artist and Cartoonist, Edward McNaught-Davis
The online art gallery of Inspirational Art4u (www.inspirationalart4u.biz) is owned
and operated by me, Edward McNaught-Davis to show my interior design gifts and arts.
I reside in West Wales where I am inspired by much of the varying beauty of the
Welsh countryside and its coastline.
I prefer to paint/illustrate scenes depicting escapism and freedom but with a sense
of contemporary responsibility. The common denominator among all of my pictures is
the vivid sense of colour used to enhance a scene. I strive to achieve the right
balance of colour to make the picture come alive so that you, the viewer, will feel
part of it.
I am inspired to do many of my paintings and it is quite common these days for faces
and illustrations of people and animals to appear in my work which I did not consciously
put there. These additional inspirations are of subtle quality and blend in well
with the composition. Once you have spotted them it is difficult not to see them
again.
Some of my colour work has been achieved with artist’s quality Oil Pastel which is
generally a difficult medium to work and it is quite unusual to find an artist who
depends on it as a sole medium in any one painting. Also I use Acrylic, Watercolour,
Oil Paint, Crayon and Chalk Pastel as well as Pen and Ink. It is rare for me to
use an under-painting as I prefer to paint straight away without guidelines in another
medium. This gives a certain fresh approach to the work in hand.
My online art gallery paintings may be viewed from the main picture menu of the online
paintings gallery on this web site or from the drop down menus above. If you know
what you would like to see then you may jump straight to the appropriate web page
from any of these links: landscapes, seascapes, woodlands, rivers + streams, waterfalls,
sunsets, farms, steps + doorways, castles, mountains, aerial, towns, boats, wild
flowers + berries, deserts, abstract, trompe de l’oiel, miniatures, prints and greeting
cards. Similarly, if you would like to commission me to paint your favourite scene
then details are given under commissions or you could contact me directly by email
to discuss your requirements. Some of my latest paintings are shown under the New
Art section of this site. The Site Map shows all areas of this web site on one page
for your convenience.
Many cartoons have been published either under my pen name of Ed or under one of
my other pseudonyms. Corporations have used my cartoons for advertisements, presentations,
publications, technical guides and simply to hang on the wall. Other commissions
have included numerous Christmas card designs as well as a selection of illustrations
for a religious publication.
I use various software tools to help me to ready my work for publishing. These include
raster & vector drawing tools, photo image editing & desk top publishing. Brands
such as Serif and Adobe are in constant use.
My paintings and cartoons hang in private collections within the United Kingdom,
France, Germany, Russia, Australia and the USA. In July 1997, my work was shown
on UK Television. Picture Sizes are purposely small for storage and ease of delivery.
Much larger work has been sold and is frequently undertaken.
The copies of my pictures shown throughout this web site were achieved with either
a digital camera or via a flat bed scanner both of which have resulted in a slight
degradation of true colour. Similarly, it is important to remember that paintings
viewed on a PC have artificial light shining through the back of the image which
can make images appear brighter than they are really. All images of my paintings
and cartoons are shown in either .jpeg or .png file format.
Solo Exhibitions of Edward McNaught-Davis - Traditional Fine Artist and Cartoonist
Hungerford Town Hall (1994).
Private Venue, London (1997).
Stone Planet Art Gallery, Savernake, Wiltshire. (2003 to 2005).
Hafan-Y-Coed, Swansea. A selection of reproduction prints. (2004).
The Pitstop Networkers, London. An exhibition of Glicees. (2005 and 2006).
Various Internet portals. (2001 to date).
Shared Exhibitions of Edward McNaught-Davis - Traditional Fine Artist and Cartoonist
Shalbourne Art Exhibition (1995).
Berkshire Arts Exhibition (1996).
Welsh Landscape Exhibition, Haverfordwest (2002).
Various Internet Art Galleries (2001 to date).
Mid Wales Open Art Fair (2006)
Mid Wales Open Art Fair (2007)
Mid Wales Christmas Exhibition (2007)
Tenby Open Art Fair (2007)
Carmarthen/Haverfordwest Miniature Art Exhibition (2008)
I hope that you will enjoy my online paintings gallery as well as my Cartoons Gallery
and that you will find good ideas for my interior design gifts and arts.
Copyright ©Edward McNaught-Davis 2002 to 2010. All Rights Reserved.
