David Atkins’ career initially took off after a meeting with the well known art critic Brian Sewell who was full of praise for David’s paintings:

'David Atkins has established himself as an evocative painter of landscapes ... His is a broad brush, the sweep and colour of it bold and clear.

Sewell was insistent that David should have a major solo exhibition in London which resulted in a series of one-man shows at the Albemarle Gallery in Mayfair from 2002 – 2013.

David Atkins has exhibited with other top UK galleries as well as with the New English Art Club and the Royal Society of Marine Artists at the Mall Galleries in London. He has been awarded numerous prizes including the Horan prize for Painting at the NEAC the Façade International Prize for Painting at the Discerning Eye Exhibition and the Baltic Exchange Prize 2018 for painting in the RMSA Exhibition at the Mall Galleries London.