'David Tress tears apart the British landscape, almost forces his way into it. His extraordinary paintings and drawings are like pages ripped from the places he has visited: like turfs dug from a field or a hillside, at times they are almost three dimensional in their form.
He is no passive bystander; he is artist, archaeologist and visionary rolled into one.'
- David Boyd Haycock, British Art Writer & Curator
David Tress is in great health, but, sadly, for followers of his work, he ceased painting in 2023, permanently. Even artists, it seems, are allowed to retire. When asked about his decision, his response was: 'I am very happy with what I have done, and quite proud of the body of work that I have created, but I have nothing to add.'
Consequently, the David Tress works held by the John Davies Gallery, provide a very real opportunity to acquire a choice example from one of the steadily diminishing number of David Tress's artworks.