David Body

David was born in Twickenham, England. He studied illustration at Twickenham College and worked in various London advertising agencies and design studios for ten years before his move to Caithness, in the Highlands, with his wife Sally to set up Scarfskerry Pottery in 1977. In 1987 the pottery was moved to John O’ Groats and subsequently renamed John O’ Groats Pottery and Gallery where he now has his studio. Although still a potter David is now devoting most of his time to painting which has always run concurrent with his ceramics.

Statement : David trained as an illustrator but working in London as a graphic designer has probably had the biggest influence on his work as a painter. He paints naturalistically and in more colourist abstract styles. His images have evolved over the years and can now be more graphic in appearance. The Highland landscape is his main source of inspiration. In Caithness the landscape, light and weather are all pervasive and feature strongly in many of his paintings.