David Hamilton

The Family Bowles and the Fiscal Black Hole, 2023

Acrylic on canvas

"In celestial terms, a black hole draws energy (light and matter) into its vortex and a fiscal black hole draws economic energy (GDP) into its vortex due to the deadweight of massive debt. This huge and terrifying new celestial body resulted in an attack on public services and economic prosperity. The cost-of-living crisis that followed left families struggling to put food on the table and to pay the bills, and little meat on the bone for anything else." - David Hamilton

David Hamilton is from Northern Ireland and studied at undergraduate and graduate level at the University of Ulster, Belfast. He has worked extensively throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe as a scenic artist and art director, producing themed sets for the entertainment industry. In 2008, Hamilton started producing his own work and since then his paintings have been selected for exhibitions at the Royal Academy, the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, the Royal Hibernian Academy and the National Gallery of Ireland. He was recently shortlisted for the Jackson’s Painting Prize and was also a contestant on ‘Sky Landscape Artist of the Year’.

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