The Coningsby Gallery

Debut Art

Outstanding contemporary illustration
and graphic and fine art.

David Mahoney | Black + White

Black + White is a body of works by David Mahoney. The exhibition centres around portraits of leading individuals who operate in disparate and opposing ways; from the likes of the Rolling Stones to Kanye West, Miley Cyrus to Adele and Putin to Obama.

“In this series I wanted to try to unify these contrasting figures in a similar style, with simple black ink wash backgrounds, black clothing and small pen drawings around their portraits that each person can be identified by.

I work digitally, after illustrating the portraits in squid ink, pen, pencil and watercolour. Squid ink being my primary medium, and since working with it has dictated how my work looks. I now find myself exploring texture, brushstrokes and subtle information such as symbolism in my work than colour. I too find working in colour to be overpowering and I now tend to save using colour for few pieces where I find it appropriate.” David Mahoney 2014

David Mahoney is British freelance illustrator based in Edinburgh. In 2013 David was awarded the 99U Scholarship by the Samsung Accelerator and 99U for his design work. David has had his work displayed in numerous publications and has spoken at events in both the USA and UK.

This exhibition and collection of work has been sponsored by Daler-Rowney and Wacom.

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