EDITOR'S NOTE: David Measures died in summer 2011. As teacher, mentor, and artist, he inspired many friends and students to look deeper into the natural world. Here, former student Andrew Tyzack, artist, curator of The Land Gallery and founder of Bees In Art, offers this tribute. Mr. Tyzack currently is writing and illustrating a book about insects in art and illustration to be published by Crowood Press in 2012. He credits Measures with helping to open his eyes to the artistic charm of smaller creatures.
By Andrew Tyzack
We received the very sad news that David Guy Measures had died on August 4th, 2011, aged 73 years. We were fortunate though that David was our external accessor at the Royal College of Art and that he was a selfless supporter of myself and my wife Debbie Grice, our work and our gallery.
I've had many interesting and amusing conversations with David, including a story of how his pet barn owl would bite his ankles whilst he was trying to use the loo. Each year, David joined bird artist John Busby at Bass Rock, North Berwick, Scotland. Here he drew, painted and mixed with Busby's students, there to be inspired by the Bass Rock gannet colony. It was typical of David to selflessly share his time and knowledge with other artists and art students. With David there was an absence of competiveness: the hallmark of a peerless artist completely at ease with himself and his work.
David had...
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Author: Andrew Tyzack
Post Date:October 21st, 2011
'Andrew Tyzack, artist, curator of The Land Gallery and founder of Bees In Art, offers this tribute to his late friend, the British naturalist and artist David Measures, who died in the summer of 2011.
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