David Templeton (b. 1947; Nottinghamshire, UK)
David Templeton was born in 1947 in Nottinghamshire, England. His interest in art became apparent when he completed a 22ft long plasticine snake at the age of just 4 years old.

He proceeded to study at Leeds College of Art between the influential years of 1967 to 1970.

Following his studies, he became a Professor of Art and taught in Cambridge (England) before leaving the UK in the late 1970s to travel around Europe.

He did not return to the UK, instead choosing to settle in the small picturesque mountain village of Deià (Mallorca, Spain). Shortly after arrival in Deià, Templeton formed the Pa Amb Oli rock band with Tomás and Juan Graves, the sons of renowned writer Robert Graves.

Inspired by the more celebrated Renaissance painters, Michelangelo, Raphael and Boticelli, Templeton studied figurative painting for many years. He remains drawn more to working in pastel and pencil teaching privately to this day at his studio in Deià.

A great deal of his work remains inspired by impressionists Lautrec, Van Gogh and Cézanne as well as 20th Century masters Matisse, Picasso and Schiele.