David Wightman is a British painter and printmaker whose work reimagines the tradition of landscape painting through a distinctly contemporary lens. Born in Stockport in 1980 and now based in London, he studied Fine Art at Middlesex University before completing an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art. Best known for his immersive mountain landscapes, Wightman creates works that sit somewhere between painting, collage, and sculpture.

Each of his artworks are indebted to the history of landscape painting as well as modernism and colour theory. He uses a variety of sources as inspiration - from Japanese wood-block prints to classical landscape paintings. However, his colour palette is inspired more by Josef Albers than J. M. W. Turner. Using layered paper, hand cut forms, and richly saturated colour, he constructs dreamlike terrains that feel both geological and digital, familiar yet impossible. His compositions often reference Romantic landscape painting, but there’s also a distinctly modern energy running through them.

There’s a feeling of escape, awe, and contemplation woven throughout his work, balanced by moments of intensity and scale that can completely transform a space. For collectors, his paintings offer both visual impact and lasting depth. They reward slow looking, revealing new textures, colours, and spatial illusions over time.