| Personal Details |
| 1933 |
Born |
| Education |
| 1951 - 1956 |
Studied painting and etching at the Brighton College of Art |
| 1959 - 1972 |
Teaching at Birmingham, Stourbridge and Beckenham.
Worked on architectural features, designing and fabricating chapel steeple, bank doors, bank screen, hospital ceiling and mosaics.
Other commissions include stage sets, murals and leaflet design.
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| 1962 - 1964 |
Scholarship in Engraving to the British School in Rome |
| Exhibitions |
| 1964 |
Galleria Internazionale, Rome |
| 1960-date |
Royal Academy |
| 1964 |
Galleria Internazionale, Rome |
| 1974 |
Addison Ross Gallery, London |
| 1976 |
Fermoy Gallery, King’s Lynn, Norfolk |
| 1978 |
Fermoy Gallery, King’s Lynn, Norfolk |
| 1979 |
Drouant Galerie, Paris |
| 1985 |
Atelier Gallery, London |
| 1986 |
Medici Gallery, London |
| 1989 |
Goyert Gallery, Cologne |
| 1993 |
Cadogan Gallery, London |
| 1999 |
National Portrait Gallery, selected work |
| 2001 |
National Portrait Gallery, selected work |
| 2001 |
Museum Stad Appingedam, the Netherlands - Solo exhibition |
| 2003 |
National Portrait Gallery, selected work |
| 2003 |
Galerie Vieleers, Amsterdam - The Netherlands |
| 2004 |
Museum “De Buitenplaats” , Eelde - The Netherlands - Solo exhibition |
| 2004 |
Galerie Vieleers, Amsterdam - the Netherlands |
| 2005 |
Sammer Gallery, Marbella - Spain |
| 2005 |
Grote of Jacobijner Kerk, Leeuwarden - The Netherlands -
Exhibition of the Mysteries |
| 2006 |
Galerie Vieleers, Amsterdam - The Netherlands |
| 2006 |
Galerie Het Raadhuis, Eenrum – The Netherlands |
| 2006-date |
Johannes de Doper Kerk, Huizinge – The Netherlands Exhibition of “The Mystery Series” |
| 2007 |
Galerie Vieleers, Amsterdam – The Netherlands |
| 2007 |
De Paauw – Wassenaar – The Netherlands (September 2007) – Solo exhibition |
| 2008 |
Galerie Het Raadhuis, Eenrum – The Netherlands |
| Awards |
| 1977 |
The Sunday Times “Landscape into Art” competition |
| 1986 |
Hunting Group Painting Competition |
| 1994 |
The Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Water Colour Award |
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“The Dead City” (Cairo, Egypt) |
| 1995 |
Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Water Colour Award |
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“Piazza del Duomo” (Todi, Italy) |
| 1996 |
The Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Water Colour Award |
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“Late afternoon Umbria harbour” (Narni, Italy) |
| 1999 |
Sensortechnology & Consultancy Award (The Netherlands) |
| 2003 |
The Christopher Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture |
| 2007 |
Nominated for the 2nd time for The Christopher Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture |
| Notable Commissions include: |
- First commission in 1952 – Mrs. John Ansell
- Bernard Haitink (Commission National Portrait Gallery, 2004)
- Lord and Lady Zuckerman
- Paul Eddington
- Brian Sewell
- Cyril Cusack
- Cardinal Heeman
- Lord Jenkins
- Sir Michael Drury
- Lord Denning OM
- Dr. Rex Mason
- Lady Leicester
- J.P. Donleavy
- Sir George and Lady Blunden
- F.A.O. Mural
- J.P. Donleavy
Also portraits of the 4th Regiment Artillery, the Ghurka Regiments and the Chelsea Pensioners.
He has undertaken commissions in Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United States.
And:
- Contributed reviews and articles for the magazines “Apollo & Art Review” .
- Programme Consultant to video “A brush with Sewell” where he was one of the three portrait painters.
- Master classes at the Mall Gallery, FBA – London
- Master classes at the Wackers Academy 2004, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Television: The Michael Aspen Show; Changing Places.
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| Collections |
- National Portrait Gallery
- Royal Collection Windsor
- The Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome
- The Midland Bank, King’s Lynn, Norfolk
- South House, Hertfordshire
- The Pavilion End Public House, London
- Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander
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| Preferred Techniques |
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Oil, tempera, watercolour, chalk, pastel and ink.
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| Membership |
| 1977 |
Elected to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters |
| 1989 |
Founder of “The Discerning Eye” exhibition |
| Regular Exhibitor |
- Royal Society of Portrait Painters
- Royal Society of British Artists
- Royal Academy
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