Having attended Sutton East Art School, I achieved entry for a scholarship. However, being young and foolish I took a different route involving my passion for cars and motor racing. I continued drawing and taking photographs over the years. I also joined a Photographic club and went to night school for 3 years, achieving advanced level and become a member of the 'Royal Institute of Photography'.
I have now retired and living in Cyprus. This is where I decided take up again where I left off many years ago and joined a local art class. Much to my surprise I found I had not lost my passion and love for painting and drawing, and over the next few years with the encouragement of my Art tutor Tasos, produced various paintings which include, Portraits, Art Deco, Landscape, and the others being animals which I love to paint.
David Hawkes joined Pixels on June 6th, 2012.