ABOUT JOHN
After gaining a BA(Hons) in Graphic Design from St Martins School of Art, John spent many years running a design business in London as well as teaching at Epsom School of Art and De Montfort University. He has been painting full-time since 2002, completing the MA level Drawing Year at the Royal Drawing School in 2003. Since then John has produced work for many private collections and has shown several times at The Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition and at the BP portrait award at the National Portrait Gallery.
Education
1974-1975 Middlesex Polytechnic – Foundation
1975-1978 St Martins School of Art – BA(Hons) Graphic Design
!984-1985 Middlesex University – Post Graduate Certificate in Education
2002-2003 Royal Drawing School – The Drawing Year MA Equivalent
COMMISSIONS
P.O.A
EXHIBITIONS
2003 Royal Drawing School group show
2013 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition
2015 – 2020 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition
2017, 2020 BP Portrait Award National Portrait Gallery
Work in several collections in the UK, USA and Republic of Ireland