From David’s early days as a graphic artist for The Sunday Times to his tenure as design director of the Financial Times, David led the industry’s transition from century-old hot metal typesetting to digital production.
This art exhibition offers a rare look at David’s personal evolution. It begins with his early, meticulous pencil drawing of a Linotype machine and moves into his later digital works. When a multiple sclerosis diagnosis necessitated his departure from the high-speed world of daily news, David turned to the computer as a fine-art medium. Using the digital stylus with the soul of a traditionalist, he produced a body of work that proves the “matrix” of the screen can hold as much joy and texture as the printing press.
“David believed that the process was as important as the final product,” says his wife Bindi Holding. “This show is not just a gallery of beautiful prints; it is the story of a man who never stopped innovating, regardless of the tools in his hand or the challenges he faced.”
