The online art gallery of Inspirational Art4u (www.inspirationalart4u.biz) is owned
and operated by Edward McNaught-Davis, a professional UK fine artist and cartoonist,
to show his interior design gifts and arts. Edward resides in West Wales where he
is inspired by much of the varying beauty of the Welsh countryside and its coastline.
Edward McNaught-Davis prefers to paint/illustrate scenes depicting escapism and freedom
but with a sense of contemporary responsibility. The common denominator among all
of Edward's pictures is the vivid sense of colour used to enhance a scene. Edward
strives to achieve the right balance of colour to make the picture come alive so
that the viewer feels part of it.
Edward McNaught-Davis is inspired to do many of his paintings and it is quite common
these days for faces and illustrations of people and animals to appear in his work
that he has 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 Edward McNaught-Davis' 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. Edward
also uses Acrylic, Watercolour, Oil Paint, Crayon and Chalk Pastel as well as Pen
and Ink. It is rare for Edward to use an under-painting as he prefers to paint straight
away without guidelines in another medium. This gives a certain fresh approach to
the work in hand.
Edward McNaught-Davis’ online art gallery paintings may be viewed from the main menu
of the paintings gallery on this web site or 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 and streams, waterfalls and sunsets. Similarly, if you
would like to commission Edward to paint your favourite scene then details are given
under commissions or you could contact him directly by email to discuss your requirements.
Some of Edward’s latest paintings are shown under the What’s New? 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 Edward McNaught-Davis’ pen name of
Ed or under one of his other pseudonyms. Corporations have used Edward’s 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.
Edward McNaught-Davis’ online art gallery cartoons may be viewed from the main menu
of the cartoons gallery or on the black and white cartoons page or the colour cartoons
page.
Edward uses various software tools to help him to ready his 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.
Edward McNaught-Davis’ paintings and cartoons hang in private collections within
the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, Australia and the USA. In July 1997,
Edward's 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 Edward's 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 Edward’s
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)
Edward McNaught-Davis hopes that you will enjoy his online art gallery and that you
will find good ideas for his interior design gifts and arts.
