Painted
Ornaments

David Irvine has been creating and selling art for over 25 years. The idea behind the Gnarled Branch name first evolved in 2004 when he noticed a wooden table that was discarded in the trash. He repaired it, refinished it and it became a beautiful painted piece of functional art. The positive reaction to it from friends and family paved the way for David to expand from traditional art formats (i.e. canvas, paper, board etc) into creating furniture art.

As well as furniture Dave tried his hand at painting glass ornaments. As a Christmas gift for his wife Noreen, Dave created an ornament featuring a pixie holding a lantern with moss and small stones glued to add depth to the design. Feeling quite taken by it for it's detail and uniqueness, along with the furniture that received so much positive feedback, she felt that they should start a business to fully market David's abilities as a professional artist.

From there the Gnarled Branch was born.

The Gnarled branch continues to grow and change as David creates new series of works such as Monster a Day, light bulb ornaments, articulated puppets, sculpting, and the popular Re-Directed Art.

Being an active home-based business, the Gnarled Branch attends various art festivals which causes most people to stop for a second look to admire the originality, humour and skill that David applies to his work.