David McQuillan
David was born in Huddersfield and currently lives and works in Todmorden in the Calder Valley at the edge of West Yorkshire. David specialises in highly detailed ink drawings influenced by fine art etchings, gothic book illustrations, fairy tales and folk songs. The Yorkshire landscape features prominently in his work both in terms of a literal environment and a symbolic representation of our internal, mental landscapes.
David McQuillan
David was born in Huddersfield and currently lives and works in Todmorden in the Calder Valley at the edge of West Yorkshire. David specialises in highly detailed ink drawings influenced by fine art etchings, gothic book illustrations, fairy tales and folk songs. The Yorkshire landscape features prominently in his work both in terms of a literal environment and a symbolic representation of our internal, mental landscapes.
How the Light Gets In
Ink on paper
100cm x 50cm
In a period of recovery, this is the first time in three years I have returned to drawing trees and forests.
A symbolic light has long been a part of my drawings of trees: alongside a sense of being trapped and lost: representing beauty, the search the hope and purpose one needs to recover.
There is darkness and light within us all; accepting both is the key to wellbeing –
I have focused on the light in these drawings, more than the darkness and more than in any of my previous work. “there’s a crack, a crack in everything – that’s how the light gets in.” [L. Cohen]
