David Bucklow Resumé

DAVID BUCKLOW
Born 1969 – KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

David has always had a zest for wildlife, even at the age of 5 when he did a crayon sketch of a lion, which hangs on his parents’ wall at home.

After completing school at Amanzimtoti  High School in Natal, David spent the next two years of his  life completing his national service in Mpumalanga,  the former Eastern Transvaal.  With his natural affinity for animals, David spent his two years service as a  dog trainer. It was here that he started spending his free time sketching  animals indigenous to the area.

After this two-year period, David ventured into the art of portraiture. For the next 7 years he continued devoting his spare time to improving his artistic  abilities in doing portraits, experimenting with both pastel and pencil  sketches. Despite being well talented in this form of art, David started to feel that he should once again devote his time and talents to wildlife paintings, a decision that he has never regretted.

David’s initial position of managing a tannery left him little time to  develop his skills as an artist, but his early works found favour with Fine Art Portfolio. Since their humble beginnings in 1995, the relationship has  blossomed and the quality and nature of his art improved markedly.

In a style that is most definitely photo-realistic, David has improved this  technique and treatment of detail to the delight of a truly multi-national  brand of collectors.

His chosen medium is that of acrylic which is always coated with varnish for extra luster.

In 2004, David was approached to take part in the unity series of limited  editions launched for the Nelson Mandela Trust, in Switzerland.  Although controversy surrounded the “division of the spoils”, there is no doubt  that David’s work was in the top five of the 87 artists commissioned worldwide.  We believe that all of his limited editions were sold out as of March  2005. Since this major breakthrough, David’s work is sought after by major  galleries and patrons of the art worldwide.

David Bucklow’s work is available exclusively through Fine Art Portfolio’s collection of art South African galleries and website.

Please contact us should you be interested in commissioning David Bucklow to paint a specific scene.