The formal characteristics of David Gledhill's work stem from his attempts to realise his personal experience. At the roots of this experience are the sensations of feeling, thinking and interaction with others. His working themes arise from a repertoire of fundamental human issues arising from circumstances common to the lives of most people.
"I want to create an impression of human agency by pictorial means and without illusionism. I believe that this is best achieved through a sense of palpable and tactile physicality."
He strives to reinvest the human image with dignity, iconic power and a contemporary relevance. "I want my painting to convey a celebration of the intensity, enigma and rapture of living."