English artist Drew Darcy was born in Shrewsbury, in 1976, the eldest of twins. Darcy always drew growing up, but was introduced to painting at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire. He next moved to Birmingham and completed his arts education at Bourneville Art College. Darcy threw himself into creating his own distinctive style and began to sell his work in a few galleries around England and later showed five pieces at the Autumn Fair in Birmingham, where the response was overwhelming.

Darcy’s creative process fuses old and new techniques; inspired by music, fashion, design, and advertising, he manipulates images on his computer that he will then translate onto the canvas with paint and brush. Darcy’s distinctive figurative works utilize space and capture a distinct moment, communicating realism and movement with expertly depicted female forms as he also plays with texture, color, light, and shade.