David Mead oil on canvas.This is a fine oil painting on canvas by the Kentish artist David Mead.?The painting depicts a lavish green and brown autumnal view, with most of the trees wearing their autumn leaves, with a majestic oak in the right foreground. Below the trees and to the left of a path, lies a still pool in whose quiet waters the trees are reflected.?ABOUT THE ARTIST?David Mead 1906-1986, was born in London but moved to Whitstable in Kent in 1910, at the age of four. Here he had the good fortune to reside next door to the famous landscape painter Daniel Sherrin, from whom he received guidance and encouragement with his painting. His first watercolours were sold when he was only 12.?He continued to paint and study painting, but it was only after his service in the Air Ministry during WWII, that he became a full time artist, painting landscapes in oils, predominately featuring trees and quiet pools and he excelled at painting trees He was made a Fellow on the Central Instit...