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David WilsonThe Way It Was - original modern impressionism cityscape London painting-Art2024
2024
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This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
In The Way It Was, David Wilson masterfully captures the timeless allure of the city at night, where the golden glow of interior lights contrasts with the cool tones of the wet streets. This acrylic on canvas painting radiates nostalgia, depicting a bustling avenue filled with the iconic yellow taxis that define the city’s energy. The contemporary realism cityscape style is evident in Wilson’s keen attention to architectural structure, reflective surfaces, and the way artificial light interacts with the environment.
The color palette is a striking blend of deep navy blues, royal purples, and warm ambers, creating an atmosphere that is both dreamy and dynamic. The bright taxi headlights carve paths of luminescence onto the wet asphalt, mirrored perfectly in Wilson’s signature expressive brushstrokes. The reflections feel almost liquid, flowing across the canvas with a rhythm that echoes the movement of the city itself. Each window in the towering buildings tells a story, glowing like scattered stars amidst the structured grid of the metropolis.
Wilson’s confident, textured strokes give the painting a sense of motion, making the scene feel alive rather than static. The balance between loose, impressionistic marks and finely defined details makes The Way It Was a powerful evocation of the city’s pulse—simultaneously chaotic and harmonious. This piece invites the viewer to step into its world, to hear the distant hum of traffic, and to feel the crisp night air as the city continues its never-ending dance.
Artist biography:
Hailing from Canada’s Pacific Northwest, artist David Wilson’s work has long been informed by the oft rain soaked urban environment he calls home. Whether he’s travelling the globe or exiting through the studio door, Wilson’s experience of his world becomes a celebration of the season of long nights and drenched, reflective streets.
Wilson has established himself as one of Canada’s preeminent urban landscape painters with more than 25 solo exhibitions. His work tends to step away from the literal translation of a scene into something more interpretive and evocative.
Working primarily with acrylics, Wilson’s paintings are built upon multiple layers of light and colour, infused—beneath the evocative veneer—with the notion of what we know and think we know, or remember.
- Creator:David Wilson (Canadian)
- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 24.02 in (61 cm)Width: 24.02 in (61 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU468316309212
Hailing from Canada’s Pacific Northwest, artist David Wilson’s work has long been informed by the oft rain soaked urban environment he calls home. Whether he’s travelling the globe or exiting through the studio door, Wilson’s experience of his world becomes a celebration of the season of long nights and drenched, reflective streets. Wilson has established himself as one of Canada’s preeminent urban landscape painters with more than 25 solo exhibitions. His work tends to step away from the literal translation of a scene into something more interpretive and evocative. Working primarily with acrylics, Wilson’s paintings are built upon multiple layers of light and colour, infused—beneath the evocative veneer—with the notion of what we know and think we know, or remember. “I tend to shy away from nostalgia and gravitate towards memory. Be it my own memories or something more collective, I’m most interested in those moments we have experienced, or hope to experience, to remind us of who we are and who we will become. I’m not interested in sentimentality. But I am interested in how our histories can act as tools to inform the future we are all moving toward.” – David Wilson SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2022 From There to Here, James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland 2022 In From the Cold, Gibson Fine Art, Calgary, Alberta
2021 Roughly Speaking, Elevation Gallery, Canmore, Alberta
2020 Close to Home, Kurbatoff Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2019 Everywhere From Here, 1387 Railspur Alley, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC 2018 Water, Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2017 Interrupting the Interface, Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2016 Absence, Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2015 Light and Colour, Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2015 New Works, James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland
2014 Intersections, Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2013 Construct/Deconstruct, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC
2012 New Works, Bugera Matheson Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2011 If I Could Have It All I Would Give It to You, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2010 New Works, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2009 Somewhere in the Middle, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008 Transitions, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2007 More Than Blue, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006 Winter, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2005 Here and There: 100 New Works, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2005 Here and There, Aion Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2004 Illumination, Aion Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003 Fragments, Anne Carlson Fine Art, Vancouver, BC
2000 New Works, John Ramsay Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1999 Vancouver Landscapes, John Ramsay Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1993 New Works, Barret-Post Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2017 Water, James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland
2011 Two Artists, David Wilson and Gabryel Harrison, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, AB 2010 Dusk/Dark: David Wilson and Ian Rawlinson, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, AB 2009 Two Man Exhibition: David Wilson and Andre Pettersen, Wallace Gallery, Calgary, AB 2008 Dog Days of Summer, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008 Noctuary, Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2007 Dog Days of Summer, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006 Gallery Artists Exhibition, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, BC
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