The work of Australian aviation artist David Marshall can be found in the collections of the Australian Defence Forces, in business houses, private collections and aviation museums. His historical paintings have been reproduced in American and Australian magazines and he has won RAAF Heritage Awards for his works. Several of his Royal Australian Naval Aviation subjects form part of the permanent display in the Australian Museum of Flight and he is currently working on commissions for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum in England.
He is an aviation history enthusiast, and to encourage interest in aviation pioneers, he has produced a series of paintings depicting some of the pivotal events in the distinguished careers of pioneer aviators.
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David Marshall has been painting aircraft since he was five years old. His first contact with flying was in England during 1934 when he was taken for a flight in an Airspeed “Ferry” biplane owned by the famous English pioneer pilot, Sir Alan Cobham.
He became a pilot in the RAF during his National Service and then served in the RAFVR. While at University he graduated with first class honours in Fine Art. He specialised in lithography, wood-engraving, typography and painting. For thirty years he worked in advertising in London and Sydney, most of that time as a creative director.
David Marshall lives in Sydney and flies sailplanes with the Southern Riverina Gliding Club. He has also been a keen yachtsman for nearly thirty years and, until recently, sailed regularly offshore with his wife in their 11 metre sloop “Summer Bird”. |
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Sir Alan Cobham's Airspeed "Ferry" 1934
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