1947 - 2006, David Dyer had a long and successful career.   Something of a prodigy, he began painting at a very early age, sold his first picture when only 16 years old and has been painting and selling paintings ever since.

It goes without saying that, being a Cornishman, David knew what made the county tick and filled with movement and life, his sea and landscapes convey a strong sense of its very essence. 

Whether using the conventional brush or the more unconventional palette knife, whether working in acrylics or oils, whether looking at sea and sand or at cottage and moorland, he captured the colours, the special quality of light, a sense of place, the whole feel of Cornwall quite splendidly in his compositions.   From the restlessness and inherent danger of white water breaking over black rocks to the relative calm and safety of cottages nestling in Glebe Row, there is contrast as well as charm and the reassuring presence and power of realism in his works which is guaranteed to provide pleasure for lovers of paintings of the landscape in general, and of the Cornish landscape in particular.