Les says: "My work uses traditional Renaissance techniques; many learnt from when I was a restorer at the National Gallery London.
I am inspired by cityscapes and architecture; I love the way they constantly grow and change. These inspirations began on my first visits to New York where I really saw skyscrapers scraping the skyline of Manhattan!
Often my work has shades of tonal paneling where I try to give the imagery a structure that belongs to the painting itself not based on what I see. Some shapes pick out the areas of particular interest to myself either emotionally or visually, some are purely compositional.
I do see myself in a deep figurative tradition, but I am an artist not a camera"!
Credentials
Prizes
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Westward Television
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Andrew Brownsword
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Public choice Bath Society of Artists
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Harbourside Arts Centre
Designer/Illustrator Commisions
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Johnie Walker
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Toblerone
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Oxford University Press
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Transworld Corgi
Public & Private Collections
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National Trust
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H.R.H Duke of Kent
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City Art Galleries
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Open University through to the Museum of Modern Art in Canberra Australia
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