Neil Driver's style of painting is most commonly called "realist". He uses many layers of thin acrylic paint, slowly building up tone and colour. His surroundings - hills, roads, sky, tables, chairs, rooms, windows, bowls of fruit - form the basis of his compositions. Using the process of observation and analysis Driver often changes reality by reassembling and altering elements within each painting. What at first sight appears to be a photographic-like image is in fact a reordering of the actual scene. The landscapes and interiors are empty of peple but open doors and chairs acknowledge their presence. Through light and shadow Neil Driver punctuates his paintings with a mood of stillness and calmness which gives his paintings a timeless quality.
