18 January to 18 July 2008
An exhibition of paintings and sketches of today's battlefields by David Rowlands, War Artist
DAVID ROWLANDS' oil paintings are a realistic record of the events of war. This exhibition is the first opportunity for the public to view a collection of his work.
Biography
In 1991, David was the only professional artist in the theatre of war in the Gulf at the invitation of the British Army. He joined a Warrior crew of 3rd Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in the desert North-West of Kuwait travelling across the battlegrounds and sleeping in bivouacs alongside the armoured fighting vehicles. His experiences informed a series of paintings of the units involved in the Gulf.
In 1993 he was the first artist to visit Bosnia with British troops at the forefront of Operation Grapple. In June 1999 David accompanied the Army when it entered Kosovo.
In April and May 2007 David was hosted by the Army Air Corps in Operation HERRICK, Afghanistan. Based at Camp Bastion with the Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan), he accompanied front-line soldiers in Chinook helicopters to locations in the Helmand Valley.
Recently, David has been commissioned by the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers to capture many of the Corps heroic events.
