FIRST there’s the ‘trompe l’oeil’ medieval entrance with its imposing ‘stone walls’, and then comes the studio proper, filled with light and printing presses, canvases, sculptures, drawings, and all manner of artworks in progress.

This is an artist never short of ideas – or the curiosity to express himself through a wide range of media, including oils, acrylics, pencils, ink, wood blocks, lino cuts and even plaster and foam.

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He began drawing cartoons at nineteen and by the 1980s David was working full-time as an illustrator for Fairfax Newspapers, winning a Walkley at age 25.

David returned to Australia, settling in Urunga, where he has made his mark with an eye-catching mural in the centre of town that features faces of local characters among the shop facades.

“That wall was just begging for something to decorate it… it was a pleasure to do, everybody came and talked to me.
“I did it for the town.”

Visitors to his studio during the Bellingen Shire-wide Arts Trail Weekend (November 10-12) could expect print-making demonstrations with small prints for sale on archival paper.

His and all other venues will be open from 10am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday, with a comprehensive free guide now available to plan your route.

Tickets are also on sale for the special meet-the-artists opening event at the Bellingen Showgrounds on Friday, November 10 ($30 per person).

For more information go to www.bellingenshireartstrail.com.

The organisers wish to thank the following for their generous support of the Arts Trail Weekend: Bellingen Shire Council, Arts Mid North Coast and the Federation for Rural and Regional Renewal.

By Ute SCHULENBERG