David Barton.

One artist in particular who stood out at the zine fair was Mr David Barton. I quickly recognised him from the previous fair, as his pictures are highly energetic and beautifully executed in their simplicity. Here's a few below...


Sadly, there isn't much about him on the internet, besides this, a sort of personal statement, from the zine website:

'Working in the privacy and intense concentration of notebooks for many hours each day has always been important to me and in 1964-6 while studying with the late Anton Ehrenzweig, initially as a student at Goldsmiths, I began working under his guidance on what he called "Tease and Worry" books. These are notebooks in which ideas are tested and pursued relentlessly through drawings, paintings, texts etc; in order to identify, realize and understand a personal imagery through respect for the spontaneous interruptions offered by the creative process itself. This allows the development of an intuitive dialogue between the artist and the emerging content of the work in which the unconscious can stimulate the disclosure of otherwise ignored and suppressed insights and revelations.'

In my opinion, this man just exudes professionalism and pure loveliness. Its easily recognisable that he is 100% commited and focused on his practise. He spoke with such passion; I can only hope that one day I am as focused and (talented!) as he.
Knowing he worked in his studio almost 7 days a week, I asked if he ever got bored. He was pretty adamant that the time spent in his studio was certainly not wasted nor spent halfheartedly; he draws at least 200 pictures a day, totaling 1000 in a week. At first, I imagined he drew from a life model, or at the very least, photographs. But having listened to his conversations with others, he suggested he drew from 'life', which according to him, is changing shapes and continually expanding. I think its safe to say I met a real life slave to the cause that day.

Here's the website, if you want to take a look - http://www.zinefair.com/