Alastair Adams 'Tony Blair' private collectionAlastair Adams 'Tony Blair' for the National Portrait GalleryAlastair Adams 'Julia Black' for London School of EconomicsAlastair Adams 'Jules Winterton' for the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library'Alastair Adams 'Stephen Cox' Chair of Council, Royal Holloway University of London - university portrait seated figure with architecture in the backgroundAlastair Adams 'Richard E Grant' SketchAlastair Adams 'Brian Gay' headmaster, for King Edward VI SchoolAlastair Adams 'Sarah Furness' private commissionAlastair Adams 'Simon Wessely', commissioned as President of the Royal College of PsychiatristsAlastair Adams 'Jim Lloyd-Butler' private commissionAlastair Adams 'Marvin Chun'Alastair Adams 'Shirley Pierce' for Loughborough UniversityAlastair Adams 'John Bagnall' for the family companyAlastair Adams 'Charlie Bush'Alastair Adams 'Kamalesh Sharma' for Commonwealth of NationsAlastair Adams 'Rita Gardner' for the Royal Geographical SocietyAlastair Adams 'Chuck Feeney' for Rhodes House, Oxford UniversityAlastair Adams, a portrait of David GreenawayAlastair Adams 'Sandra Burslem' for Manchester Metropolitan University'. 77 x 47 ins. OilAlastair Adams 'Anne Marie Davies'Alastair Adams 'The Goold Brothers'. 30 x 35 ins. OilAlastair Adams 'Jonathan Brunskill and Victoria Jebens'. 30 x 48 ins. OilAlastair Adams 'Clive Reading'. 32 x 32 ins. Oil.Alastair Adams portrait to of a couple to celebrate an engagementAlastair Adams 'Tony Walls'. 38 x 27 ins. Oil.Alastair Adams 'Robert Skidelsky' commissioned for London Metropolitan UniversityAlastair Adams 'David Swenson'Alastair Adams 'Mark Steed' a portrait commission for Berkhamstead School, headmasterAlastair Adams 'Neil Gorman' Vice-Chancellor a portrait commission for Nottingham Trent UniversityAlastair Adams 'John Ashford'

ABOUT ALASTAIR

Alastair initially trained as an illustrator through which he developed his interest in figurative and portrait painting. In the years since, he has established a strong reputation as a commissioned portrait artist, his dynamic but natural and unassuming portraits earning him many high profile commissions both in the UK and overseas. Alastair became a member of the RP in 2002 and Hon. Treasurer 2005. In 2008, he was made President, the youngest in the Society’s history.

In 2011 Alastair was commissioned to paint Tony Blair for the National Portrait Gallery as part of their permanent collection of past British Prime Ministers. More recently, Alastair painted  Bruce Robinson, the writer and director of cult classic film Withnail and I. This work was selected for the 2018 BP Portrait Award Exhibition. 

Through his academic work Alastair aims to promote a higher level of debate around the use and understanding of portraiture, produced as part of an incisive, observationally-centred drawing and painting language. To these ends Alastair holds a research-based lecturing position at Loughborough University and has published papers on commissioned portraiture and contemporary life drawing within a modern educational context. He is also Chair of the University’s Drawing Research Group ‘TRACEY’.

COMMISSIONS

PRICE GUIDE

Oil

20×16 inches £8,000
24×20 inches £9,000
30×25 inches £12,000
36×28 inches £14,000
40×30 inches £16,000
50×40 inches £19,000
60×40 inches £21,000

Drawing
20 x 16 inches From £2,250
24 x 20 inches From £3,000

This is a rough fee-guide for a single portrait. Frame, travel & accommodation expenses, and VAT are not included. For groups and non-standard sizes please ask for a quote.

METHOD OF WORKING
Alastair likes to work from life when possible whilst also making use of photography to reduce sitting times. He will usually travel to the sitter’s location and has worked nationally and internationally.

NOTABLE SITTERS

National Portrait Gallery, London: Tony Blair

Richard E Grant, Actor

Bruce Robinson, Writer and Director

Nick Frost, Actor, Screenwriter and Producer

Dame Fiona Reynolds, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Sir Liam Donaldson, Chancellor of Newcastle University

Princeton University, USA

Yale Investments Office, Yale University, USA

Berkeley College, Yale University, USA

Yale School of Medicine, USA

Bridgepoint Capital, Madrid, Spain

Commonwealth of Nations, London

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Liverpool Hope University

Liverpool University

London School of Economics

Nottingham Trent University

Royal College of General Practitioners

University of Nottingham

Metropolitan Police, London

Hugh’s College, Oxford

Rhodes House, Oxford

St John’s College, Cambridge

Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Royal College of Surgeons

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Geographical Society

EXHIBITIONS

  • Body of Art, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Centre, Cincinatti, Ohio.
  • Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
  • National Portrait Gallery, London
  • Art London, Duke of Yorks Barracks, London
  • “Portraits and Life”, Solo Exhibition, Liverpool University
  • Manchester Academy Annual Open Exhibition
  • Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries
  • Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries
  • BP Portrait Award 2018 exhibitor

AWARDS

The Changing Faces Prize, Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

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Category: Drawing, Oil