David Watson is an artist and former shipyard worker born in 1944 at Albion Street, South Bank near Middlesbrough, UK.
[1] He attended Middlesbrough College where he studied art along with fellow South Bank artists Len Tabner and David Mulholland.
At the age of nineteen earning a living became a priority and Watson went to work at Smiths Dock shipyard on the River Tees as a "red leader" painting the hulls of ships.
[1] In 2014 the National Football Museum in Manchester acquired Watson's "Matchday at Ayresome Park" (Middlesbrough FC).
[1] 2020 - David Watson: Belonging (Solo Exhibition), Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough, UK[3][4] 2016/17 - Steel Flesh and Bone: The Industrial Paintings of David Watson (Solo Exhibition), Woodhorn Museum, Ashington, Northumberland, UK[5][6] 2016 - Cotton and Steel, Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Salford, UK[7] 2016 - Teesside World Exposition of Art and Technology, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima), UK[8][9] 2014 - Beyond The Wilderness Road (Solo Exhibition), Constantine Gallery, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK[10] 2014 - Beyond The Wilderness Road (Solo Exhibition), McGuinness Gallery, Bishop Auckland, UK[11] 2012 - Land Sea and Air, Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar, UK[12] National Football Museum, Manchester.