Artist’s Background - David Lovemore

David was born in Africa and with his family came to England in 1984. He grew up in what was then Southern Rhodesia and attended boarding schools in Cape Town. He worked for the Rhodesia Railways and later for a shipping company in Cape Town where in his early 30’s an accident resulted in a seriously injured hand. The injuries changed his values and focus on life and he began to be creative.

On arrival in England he started teaching wood work and wood carving in a school for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties. This was the beginning of his exploration into wood carving and a new and exciting world opened up and he soaked up techniques, and enthusiastically learned about tools and the different qualities of woods. While working part time in the school he also was given the opportunity to run wood carving courses in Stroud, Cirencester and Cheltenham.

In 1990 a long illness and low energy meant he had to give up work for a number of years. During the slow recovery he turned to artistic activities and was fortunate enough to spend two years in a sculpture studio with Gertraud Goodwin at Hoathly Hill Sculpture Studio in Sussex. Under her expert guidance he was introduced into the sculptural world of pure form working in clay.

Now he works both as a tutor at Amber Sculpture Studio and as a freelance Sculptor, specialising in the mediums of wood, stone, marble and clay.