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1975-1979 | Fine Art Painting B.A. (Hons), Tutors Patrick Symons and Norman Blamey. Sheila Fell and Euan Uglow both coming in as visiting staff |
1978 | Awarded Christopher Head Scholarship for Drawing |
1978 | Represented college at Royal Society of Portrait Painters |
1992 | Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries. Paintings chosen by John Ward RA and Christopher Lloyd |
1996 | Elected Associate Member the RBA |
1996 | Davison Award for Oil painting 'Elaine' |
1998 | Elected to Full Membership the RBA |
1999 | Edward Wesson Award for watercolour 'The Golden Bowl' |
2003 | Davison Award for best group of paintings |
2004 | UBS Prize |
2004-2009 | Editor of the bi-annual RBA newsletter |
2007 | Elected to Membership of the Small Paintings Group |
2007 | The de Laszlo Medal |
2009 | The Russell Gallery award |
2010 | Elected to the position of Hon.Secretary of the SPG |
2011 | The Keepers Choice, RBA exhibition |
2011 | Pure Gold: 50 years of the FBA |
2012 | The Gordon Hulson Memorial Prize, RBA exhibition |
2014 | Medici Gallery, Cork Street. Still Life Exhibition |
2014 | Lloyd's Register, London. RBA exhibition |
2015 | The Alfred Daniels Personal Favourites Award, RBA exhibition |
2015 | John Noott Galleries, Broadway. RBA exhibition |
2015 | Josephine Harpur Gallery, Cambridge Art Fair and the Edmund Gallery |
2016 | Davison Award for Oil painting 'Still Life with Hammershoi' |
2016,2021, 2023 | Geedon Gallery, Fingringhoe with the Spring and Autumn exhibitions |
2016 | Small Paintings Group, Gallery 54, Mayfair |
2018 | Jerram Gallery, Sherborne. With the Small Paintings Group |
2018,2019, 2021 | Island Fine Arts, Chichester, West Sussex |
2019,2020 | Jerram Gallery, Sherborne. Summer and Christmas exhibitions |
2021 | Jerram Gallery, Sherborne. Small Paintings Group exhibition |
2022 | Jerram Gallery, Sherborne. Group exhibition |
2023 | Panter & Hall, Pall Mall. Small Paintings Group exhibition |
National Portrait Gallery
Imperial Tobacco / John Player Portrait Award Exhibitions 1982 and 1985
Royal Academy
Summer Exhibition 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2009, 2011
New English Art Club
Mall Galleries 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011
Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Mall Galleries 1978, 1993
Royal Institute of Painters in Oil
Mall Galleries 1992, 1999
Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London
Elected Associate 1996, becoming a full member 1998
Exhibited every year from 1996 to present day
Won The Davison Award for oil painting of 'Elaine' 1996
Won The Edward Wesson Award for watercolour 'The Golden Bowl' 1999
Won The Davison Award for best group of paintings 2003
Won The UBS prize 2004
Won The de Lazlo Medal 2007, exhibition of work as part of prize at RBA May 2008
Won The Russell Gallery Prize 2009
Won The Keepers Choice 2011
Won The Gordon Hulson Memorial Prize 2012
Won The Alfred Daniels Personal Favourites Award 2015
Won The Davison Award for oil painting of 'Still Life with Hammershoi' 2016
The Discerning Eye
Mall Galleries 1992, Paintings chosen by John Ward RA and Christopher Lloyd
The London Group Open
Barbican 1992
Royal Watercolour Society
Bankside Galleries Open 1997, 1998
Bankside Galleries C21 Open 2000
Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Society Competition
Mall Galleries 1997, 1998, 2000
Anna Mei Chadwick Gallery
Kings Road, London 1986 – 1993
Peter Hedley Gallery
Wareham, Dorset 1986 – 1993
Leicester Schools & Colleges Exhibition
1987
New Ashgate Gallery
Farnham, Surrey 1987
Moya Bucknall Fine Arts
Solihull, West Midlands 1989
Edward Dowden Priory Barn Exhibitions
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire 1993 – 1996
New Academy & Business Art Galleries
Windmill Street, London 1995
Record of portraits kept on file
Sebastian Pearson Gallery
Cambridge 1997 – 1998
Wykeham Galleries
Stockbridge, Hampshire 1999, 2000
Churzee Galleries
London, SW17 1999 – 2003
Langham Fine Art
Suffolk
Exhibition invited RBA 2000
Art in the Garden Exhibition 2005, 2007, 2008
Watercolour & Drawings Fair
Park Lane Hotel, London 2001
Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Stand
Art in Action
Waterperry House, Oxford
With the RBA, demonstrated still life and portrait painting 2003
HSBC Future Hope Art Exhibition
Canary Wharf, London
Charity auction 2005
Spa Gallery
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
An exhibition of invited members of the RBA 2006
Rona Gallery
Mayfair, London
Exhibition of selected RBAs, Summer 2006
Red Rag Gallery
Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire
From 2004 winter and summer, including 2005 selected painters of the RBA
Small Paintings Group October 2005
Russell Gallery
Putney Bridge Road, London
From 2004 winter and summer exhibitions
With the Small Paintings Group September 2007, June 2011, May-June 2013
Five Painters and a Sculptor, 2011
With three other artists March-April 2013
RBA Exhibitions 2014, 2021
Small Paintings Group 2015, 2024
Piers Feetham Gallery
Fulham Road, London
Small Paintings Group invited artist 2005
Small Paintings group shows 2007 - 2021
Aldburgh Cinema Gallery
Aldburgh, Suffolk
Small Paintings Group October 2005
Highgate Contemporary Art
Highgate, London
Small Paintings Group Christmas Show 2010/11
Affordable Art Fair
Battersea, London
With the Karen Taylor Gallery, October 2011
Mall Galleries
The Mall, London
Pure Gold: 50 years of the FBA 2011
Still Alive: Contemporary Still Life Painting by FBA Members 2013
RBA annual exhibition, every year since 1997
Medici Gallery
Cork Street, London
Still Life Paintings Exhibition June / July 2014
Stafford Gallery
Wimbledon Fine Art 2012
Rye Gallery
Royal Society of British Artists 2014
Geedon Gallery
Fingringhoe, Essex
Autumn Exhibitions 2014 - 2017, 2021
Spring Exhibitions 2015, 2020, 2023
Lloyd's Register
Fenchurch Street, London
RBA Exhibition October 2014
John Noott Galleries
RBA Exhibition, Broadway 2015
Gallery 54
Mayfair, London
Martin Leman and Friends 2013, 2015
Small Paintings Group 2016
Josephine Harpur Gallery
Bury St. Edmunds and Aldeburgh 2011, 2014
Small Paintings Group 2012
Cambridge City Art Fair 2015, 2016
Jerram Gallery
Sherborne, Dorset 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
Island Fine Arts
Chichester, West Sussex 2018, 2019, 2021
Adrian Hill Fine Art
Holt, Norfolk 2020, 2021
Chappel Galleries
Colchester, Essex 2023
Panter & Hall
Pall Mall, London 2023
Mandell's Gallery
Norwich, Norfolk 2024
1979 | Arts Review Magazine Degree Show |
1982 | Wandsworth Borough News Portrait Award |
1985 | Sunday Telegraph Portrait Award – Michael Sheppard |
1985 | Mitcham News Portrait Award |
1985 | Wandsworth Borough News Portrait Award |
1986 | Sunday Telegraph RA 'Triple Vision' – Michael Sheppard |
1986 | RA Illustrated Catalogue |
1997 | RA Magazine, Autumn Issue Illustration of 'Pink Flowers' used as part of RBA advertisement |
1998-2014 | RBA Catalogues 'Winter Flowers' used as advert in Gallery Magazine 2008 The Mall Brochure, an A5 poster made of 'Still life, Pots' |
2002 | Artist Magazine In conversation with Julian Halsby (November) |
2011 | Pure Gold: 50 Years of The FBA Mall Galleries |
2014 | Medici Gallery Catalogue Still Life Paintings |
2014 | Geedon Gallery, Autumn Show Front cover of Invitation |
1980-1982 | Highbury & Islington Institute Highbury Grove, Drawing and Painting |
1981-1983 | Lambeth Institute Clapham, and at the Strand Centre, Drawing and Painting |
1981-1988 | Lambeth Institute Kingsdale, Dulwich, Drawing and Painting |
1980-1991 | Camden Institute Longford Street, Portraiture |
2015 | Mall Galleries Co-hosted a 'Still life drawing and painting in oil' workshop with Jeremy Galton |
2016 | Mall Galleries 'Still life drawing and painting in oil' workshop |
1996 - Present | Royal Society of British Artists Elected associate member in 1996 Elected to full membership in 1998 Elected to the Council in 2000 Editor of the bi-annual newsletter 2004 - 2009 |
2007 - Present | The Small Paintings Group Elected to full membership in 2007 Elected to Hon. Secretary in 2010 |