David Briggs

In his own words...
I am self taught and paint exclusively in acrylics now. I describe it as a hobby that's got a little out of control! I used to combine my love of all things transport with my painting and simply pile the results in the corner of my "studio", actually a converted loft in my home, until someone saw what I was doing and asked me to "do one for them". I did and it's taken off from there. I had the opportunity to take early retirement in 2006 after 30 years in the textile industry, at the ripe old age of 50 and took it. This allowed me to concentrate on my many interests and hobbies including railway preservation, the latter giving me the opportunity to get access to the reference material and detail so necessary in railway art.
My motivation to paint is simply for the love of it, the fact that people pay me hard earned money for my efforts is the icing on the cake!