DAVID HORTON
The objects Islamic culture makes, calligraphy and miniatures are some of the best examples of paintings produced by humans.
YOUR MOVE INTO ART CAME VERY EARLY?
I won art prizes throughout school. I’d always wanted to be at art school. Leaving school at year 10, I went for a greenkeeping trade, but throughout that time I was interested in becoming an artist. When I finished greenkeeping, I thought “right, now I’ll do this”. So art always nagged at me.
What makes you want to know how something works?
I don’t know, it’s an impulse, the thing that shouldn’t need an explanation. It’s not mechanical things, it’s more emotional or felt things like music, art or cooking. Once you demystify something it lessens its mystery, it’s like learning how the magic trick works.
“Teaching is a parallel love to making art,” you said; how separate are they?
