David Shennan was born in Scotland in 1965. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1974 and studied at the Elam School of Fine Arts University of Auckland 1989 - 1990 gaining a Master of Fine Arts, (First Class Honours). Major in uences in these early works may be likened to artist friends, Tony Fomison & Philip Clairmont. As a painter, I am always in search of an 'allusive' image. Appearing one way on the surface and then in time, shifting completely into something else. David Shennan, 2016