I was born in Carlisle,Cumbria . The family moved to the south of the county when I was veryyoung . At 16 I went to Lancaster Art College to study Art and Design . Since then I have done avariety of different jobs, some art and design related others not. Straight from college I travelled through France and Spain picking fruit in different areas . This has had a massive influence on my life.At the moment I work as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant at The Lakes School. During a typical day I use my drawing skills in different lessons to help and encourage children.This is a collection of my most recent work . Many of the lino prints I have done with Wilf’s Café inmind . I have tried to incorporate cycling ,food ,drinks ,the outdoors and a sense of past and present . I start each piece by selecting a background .It may be a random wash or a more structured format . Then I introduce my characters and lettering . By working this way each print is different .They maylook similar or be totally individual . I am influenced and inspired by Cumbria , holidays abroad , music ,my two boys and my artist wifeThuline . My work is very design based , an image my get taken further and put on t-shirts ,mugs etc .

As long as I can remember there has always been a bike around the house . One of those specialmoments I recall as a young boy was the time my dad pushed me across the yard . I pedalled ,stayedupright and experience my first solo journey on a bicycle . Over the years I have enjoyed many brilliant travels in America and Europe . Moving throughchanging landscapes on two wheels, meeting new people and visiting new places . It is exactly the same relationship I have with drawing . I have always had a pen or pencil with me ,wheather when I’m supporting children in school or for my own enjoyment at home . Recently while in an Art class I discovered printing. As this was new territory I stuck to what I know! So my early images are based on the things I’m interested in .That is how my Bike/Art started . Over the months it would seem I have hit a familiar chord with others around the World , with more and more people liking my prints .I call it “the 4 C’s “ ! Cycling ,Coffee , Cake and Cerveza . It’s a sport that allows you to go somewhere with people or on your own and on route in enjoy both food and a drink . I hope in my work I capture the simplicity and movement of riding a bicycle as well as a sense of history and tradition .I am interested in both the latest and earliest of cycling images . Another important element in the feel of my work is where the bike is, it’s environment . With the help and support of my wife Thuline we have created a range of cycle ware . Starting with handmade greeting cards and prints . Which developed into note books and mugs ,concluding with cushion’s , coasters and t-shirts . Their appeal with both visitors to the area and those who live and work in the South Lakes has been pleasantly surprising . I count myself very luck that a live in an area of outstanding beauty-The Lake District and that my wifes Gallery (www.thuline.com )is in pretty market town of Kendal .

David Cameron Hill

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