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RICHARD
PIKESLEY R.W.S., P.P.N.E.A.C. (born 1951)
“Swans
and Drying Harbour, West Bay”
Oil
Painting on Board. Signed
8”
x 10” (230mm x 253mm)
Overall
framed size
Framed
under glass IMAGE IMAGE
Richard
Pikesley was born in London and studied at the Harrow School of Art, the City
of Canterbury College of Art and the University of London. He was elected
Member of the New English Art Club in 1974 and was President from 2013 to
2018. He was became a Member of the Royal
Watercolour Society in 1997. He has regularly contributed to mixed
exhibitions in Britain and abroad including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, New English Art Club, the Royal West of
England Academy, the Laing Prize Exhibition, New Grafton Gallery London, the New Academy Gallery in London, Jonleigh Gallery Guildford, W.H. Patterson Fine Art London,
Minton Fine Art Toronto, Milne and Moller London, Grafton House Gallery and
Henry Wyndham Fine Art London. In June 1990 he was selected by Diana
Armfield A.R.A. and Ken Howard A.R.A. for Academicians Choice Exhibition in
London and Bristol and in 1991 he was commissioned by Swallow Books to write a
book on landscape painting in a series edited by Ken Howard. This was
published under the title “The Complete Artist” bound up with three other titles
in series. He also wrote “Oils Workshop” published by Collins. He
was a finalist for the Hunting Group prize in 1981 and 1989 and was winner of
the E.F. Hutton Prize in 1987 and the W.H. Patterson Prize in 1988. His
one-man and small group shows include Butlin Gallery, Dillington House,
Somerset in July 1965, Linfield Gallery in February 1986, St. James's Gallery
Bath in May 1986, C.D. Soar and Sons in May 1987 and the New Grafton Gallery in
October 1990. He is represented in many collections including St. John's
College Cambridge, Lady Serena Andrew, Hambro's Bank, S.G. Warburg and Trevor
Osborn Esq.
