Biography

‘Arthur works somewhere between the figurative and the semi-abstract. He engages with the formal problems that arise in the process of looking, in its broad sense, to attempt to make something that is a coherent painting.’

‘Prolonged, procrastinated messy chaos… just occasionally organised chaos.’

Born March 1951
Attended Camberwell School of Art
Painter and Printmaker
Elected NEAC
Teaches summer courses in “En Olivier” nr Toulouse
Continues to live and work in Deal close to the sea

Exhibited

Regular exhibitor RA Summer Shows 1986 – 2017
Lynne Strover Gallery
Hilton Fine Art
Cadogan Contemporary since 1989 in mixed and solo shows
Linden Hall Studio Gallery ‘Two Painters and a Potter’ 2016

Awards

Hunting / Observer art awards
Discerning Eye exhibitions
JPS Portrait award
2015 Zsuzsi Roboz Prize
2017 The Woodhay Picture Gallery prize

Publications

Eight Poems. A Selection of Edward Thomas poems illustrated with etchings
R. Jeffries. Illustrated with an etching
A Centenary Celebration of the Poetry of Edward Thomas. illus. with etchings