David Armitage was born in Tasmania in 1943 and studied at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. In 1967 he moved to New Zealand where he had many one man and group shows.
In 1973 a survey exhibition of his work toured the major public galleries of New Zealand.
Writing about his work, Armitage comments: ‘The great parallel with my work is music, in which everything is derived from sounds – it doesn’t go outside itself – it is what it is. And although painting cannot rid itself of suggestions and subjects, firstly and finally it is marks and the interrelation of marks, colour and space, marks made with genuine feeling – hoping for a genuine response for the painting as an object that will give great and lasting pleasure.’
His work is represented in public and private collections in New Zealand, Australia, the USA and Europe.
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