ABOUT THE ARTIST
David Burk is a self taught artist from Buckinghamshire, who started painting in 1999 to pass the time after injuries brought a halt to his carpet fitting career, and sport of motorcycle trials riding.
“I was pretty bored just sitting there, and was grateful when the F1 season started and I had something to cheer about. As with most television viewers, we tend to have our favourites, and I seem to applaud the underdog. I was delighted to see Eddie Irvine take the 1999 season opener, and revived a childhood hobby by trying to paint a tribute to this first win. It took me months, but I made quite a nice job of it! In the meantime, Eddie won again, team mate Michael Schumacher broke his leg, and Ferrari were seemingly pushing Eddie toward the title. I had all the inspiration I needed, and kept painting.”
10 years on and some 45 paintings later, David is now a highly regarded motor sport artist. He has covered most forms of motor sport including Formula One, World Rally, Endurance and Historic racing, and is now leaning further toward his real passion of motorcycle racing. His work has been officially endorsed with driver signed editions from Sir Stirling Moss, 2001 World Rally Champions Richard Burns and Robert Reid, and Bentleys’ 2003 Le Mans winner Guy Smith.
“I’ve had the pleasure of meeting so many of my heroes, I really have lost count. I’m still a passionate fan first and foremost, so I have some superb memories, not to mention some tremendous personalised memorabilia from heroes of mine, who have taken time out to actually meet me! It can be an extremely rewarding job.”
Please enjoy taking a look through the gallery and feel the passion in David’s work, each painting capturing a particular moment in race history. As David says, if it makes him 'jump up and down on the sofa screaming at the telly’, then it’s got to be worth painting the memory.
