ABOUT JASON Born 1970. Graduated from Falmouth College of Art 1992. Jason works from The Borlase Smart John Wells Trust studios in Newlyn Cornwall. Member of The Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Associate Member Newlyn Society of Artists. COMMISSIONS PRICE GUIDE Oil 20 x 16 inches £3,500 24 x 20 inches £4,000 30 x 25…
ABOUT DAPHNE Daphne Todd has the unusual distinction of having been awarded First Prize at the 2010 BP Portrait Awards, reputedly the most important portrait prize in the world. Back in 1983, she won Second Prize (when it was called the John Player Award) at the Portrait Awards. In the interim, she was elected the…
ABOUT MICHAEL Michael Taylor was born in Sussex and studied at the Worthing School of Art (1969-70) and Goldsmiths School of Art (1970-73). He has received many awards for his paintings and undertaken a number of important portrait commissions. Four of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery, London: portraits of the musician Julian…
ABOUT BENJAMIN Benjamin Sullivan was born in Grimsby in 1977. He studied painting and drawing at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2000. Since then, he has established a growing reputation as a figurative painter. His work has been widely exhibited, including at the Royal Academy and National Portrait Gallery. Among other distinctions, he has…
ABOUT JEFF I studied painting and sculpture at Kingston and Camberwell Schools of Art in the sixties, under various tutors including Alfred Heyworth, Robert Medley and R B Kitaj. Since then, I have absorbed many artistic and cultural influences, both traditional and innovative, which affect my work and thinking. I like to maintain an independent…
ABOUT MELISSA SCOTT-MILLER Melissa Scott-Miller studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. In 2018 Melissa was elected a member of the Royal British Artists. She also won the People’s choice prize at the Lynn Painter Stainers exhibition and the Dry Red Press Award at the New English Art club annual exhibition. Also she had…
ABOUT STEPHEN My paintings contain thoughtful figures absorbed in a sense of narrative. Composition & draughtsmanship as well as colour all contribute to the story unfolding in each scene. Figures gaze from their world with telling looks, often sharing the composition with objects that have symbolic relevance to the story. 1971 Born, Irvine, Scotland 1989-93…
ABOUT TAI-SHAN Born in 1962. Tai-Shan Schierenberg trained at St Martin’s School of Art and the Slade School of Art. Winner of the 2011 Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture. COMMISSIONS PRICE GUIDE Oil 20 x 16 inches £10,000 24 x 20 inches £15,000 36 x 28 inches £20,000 This is a rough fee-guide for a single…
ABOUT SUSAN My father was an amateur painter, so I borrowed his oil paints from the age of 13, he was my greatest influence with his love of the Impressionists and then I discovered Vermeer and Vuillard through my art school-teacher Bernard Dunstan RA. I studied at the Byam Shaw School of Painting in London…
ABOUT MARK ROSCOE Mark Roscoe’s meteoric progression makes him one to watch. His Self Portrait entry was used to advertise the 1998 BP Portrait Award which helped to establish his reputation as a portrait painter. When Mark first exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters he won the ‘Changing Faces Award’ which was a…
