David Woodings
‘And now, David Woodings’
12th September - 5th October
Photorealist painter David Woodings mines the glow of coin-operated machines, arcade games, and carousel horses to create sharp, uncanny narratives about the human condition.
Alongside these, his ‘Silks’ series revisits the fragile beauty of hand-stitched greeting cards from World War I, marking the centenary of the Somme.
Borrowing its name from a newsreader’s segue — “and now this” — the show pivots between eras and subjects, inviting viewers to consider the jarring, often dissonant juxtapositions that shape how we see the world.
“And now…….this’ is commonly used on radio and television newscasts to indicate what one has just heard or seen has no relevance to what one is about to hear or see.
Past Exhibition Works
Series: Amusing ourselves to death
‘And now, the official portrait of Drunkle Winston’
2024
20cm x 40cm
‘And now, memories of Terry Boy oh Boy’
2023
102cmx 76cm
‘And now, stormy teacups in banana republic’
2024
100cmx 75cm
‘And now, in anticipation of a silver lining’
2023
102cmx 76cm
NFS
‘And now, conflated Casey’
2024
20cm x 40cm
‘And now, is this the end of the road?’
2023
102cmx 76cm
NFS
‘And now, a six pack of extravagancies’
2023
102cmx 76cm
NFS
‘And now, do not forget to entertain strangers for by doing so some have unwittingly entertained angels’
2024
100cmx 76cm
‘And now, a lobbyists altarpiece’
2024
100cmx 140cm
‘And now, sweeping the little ladies from the Boudoir’
2024
64cmx29cm
‘And now, Complimentary additives to a planetary food chain’
2025
122cmx 91cm
Series : The carnival is over
‘To the moon and back’
2021
102cm x 76cm
‘Searching for Arcadia: In the wake of catastrophism’
2009
152cm x 102cm
‘The carnival is over’
2021
108cm x 141cm
‘Dodgems II’
2019
108cm x 141cm
‘Mall Mustang’
2016
18cm x 22cm
Silks 2015/16
All Silks
20cm x 30cm
Sisters Suite
‘To my dear sister, from your loving brother’
‘The myth of heroic sacrifice’
‘From Somme where in France’
‘'To my dear sister’
‘Best remembrance’
‘I am scared’
Girlfriends Suite
‘A kiss from France’
‘My hearts greetings’
‘Forget me not’
‘Like the ivy I cling to life’
‘A joyous birthday
‘To my sweet heart’
‘Betrayal!’
Fathers Suite
‘The bravery of being out of range’
‘Wizz Bangs’
‘From your soldier boy’
‘Stop’
‘All for 6 miles’
‘Zero hour’
‘War is normal’
Conscientious objection Suite
‘White Feather’
‘Chicken’
‘Pussy’
‘Mama’s Boy’
We’ll be home for Christmas Suite
‘We’ll be home for Christmas’
Christmas Greetings’
‘Happy Xmas’