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David Jung

from the 27th March to the 12th April 2015

My interest in paint stemmed from primary school when I loved drawings and I vividly remember the head master taking our class in the absence of our teacher and he taught us the fundamentals of drawing a portrait that has stuck with me ever since.

High school art was under the tutorage of the renowned Hawkes bay artist Geoff Fuller. I wanted to take the subject further but economic climate suggested I would make a better living in other areas. Hence I became a Civil Engineer. But my passion for the arts was never far away and I took up Night class lessons on anatomy with Michael Blow. It was Michael that taught me to see what I was drawing. My passion was ignited and working after hours I compiled works for a number of exhibitions with another budding HB artist Gary Waldron. Gary went on to great heights in the arts world and I went off to Industrial design school to combine design and engineering skills. It was here I learnt that drawing is just another form of communication where ideas and thoughts are translated to a visual form

Art dropped into the background as projects like the Americas Cup Village development took precedence. Then on a 2 yr contract in Sydney I missed my granddaughter so much I decided to paint a large portrait of her so that she greeted me every time I came home to the apartment. Everyone who saw the painting loved it so I picked up the brushes again culminating making the finals of the 2011 Adams Portrait awards

A number of subsequent paintings have been sold into offices where I've been working - but the opportunity offered by Red Peach gallery, will be the first time I've taken time out to mount a solo exhibition I look forward to seeing the end result and the public's reaction

Featured Artist:

David Jung.

Featured Artwork:

Preliminary "Lily at Hamos" by David JungPreliminary "Lily at Hamos" Too Old for this by David JungSOLDToo Old for this Gravel Road by David JungGravel Road MOM! by David JungMOM! OMG by David JungOMG Monday Morning by David JungMonday Morning Snowy Quiet by David JungSnowy Quiet

Red Peach Gallery, Napier, Hawke's Bay

Situated in a prime location in the centre of Ahuriri, Napier, Red Peach Gallery supports Hawke's Bay and New Zealand artists