DAVIE HUNT
Buckinghamshire, England
Introverted, obsessive, compulsive…
My given name is David Hunt however I like to be known as Davie. I was born in Northampton, England in 1968. I graduated with a BA honours degree in Fine Art Painting and Drawing 2010 from the University of Northampton, England. I am a painter…
| River Ouse Paradox in Haversham 2010 |
When did you first realize you were an artist?
There is not really one significant time that I realized I was an artist.
I am very much a believer that everyone from childhood is an artist; the problem for most people is how to remain being an artist into adulthood. I knew that I was good at art in particular painting during my school years, receiving the annual art & crafts award at age eleven in 1979 receiving a plaque and my name engraved on the school shield for that year. Then in senior school I earned the highest grade achievable in my ‘O’ level exams at the age of sixteen in 1984.
If I had the maturity back then that I have now, I would have made the decision to continue my art education; however I was not mature enough to make that decision. I was encouraged into a job repairing computers, but all the time I dreamed of being an artist. In 1991, I made the decision to take an evening class for my ‘A’ level Fine Art qualification. I continued repairing computers, and still did not take up painting as a career choice. Then in 1997 I was struck with depression and started painting again. It was perhaps then that I realized that I must become an artist, That I would never be happy until I became a professional artist.
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