Biography, Exhibitions and Collections

Biography

1931: Born in USA; educated at Harvard University
1956: Completed three years military service, based in Japan
1956/58: Studied at Art Students League, NYC and with Hans Hoffman
1958/60: Resident in Rome, while travelling through Europe
1961: Married and settled near Bridport, Dorset, UK
1962: First visit to Greece
1963/65: Visiting teacher of painting, Camberwell School of Art
1968: Designed decor and costumes for Le Baiser de la Fee, Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam
1969: First visit to Atlas mountains, Morocco
1970: Participated on various panels and boards, such as AIR, SPACE, Southwest Arts and the Arts Council
1975: First visit to Vaucluse, Northern Provence, France
1981: Subject of film shown on the South Bank Show, I.T.V. London
1983: Designed decor and costumes for Midsummer, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, London
1984: First visit to Tresco, Scilly Isles Contributor to Second Nature, published by Jonathan Cape
1985: Painted back-cloth for Sylvia pas de deux, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
1987: First working visit to Alhambra, Granada, Spain
1988: Invited resident artist at the Poet's House, New Harmony, Indiana, USA
1990: Worked in Malaysia as guest of the National Gallery of Malaysia, tapestries created during this period. Designed courtyard garden for West Dorset Hospital, Dorchester (winner of Astra Award)
1991: Water Garden (Coloured etching and carborundum) commissioned by 3i plc
1992: First visit to Argyll, Scotland. Garden featured on Flowering Passions, Channel 4 TV
1993: Member of Advisory Panel, Tate St. Ives
1995: Commission for entry hall to headquarters of Smith & Nephew plc, London
1996: Winner of Jerwood Prize
1997: Selected and installed Elisabeth Frink exhibition, Dorset County Museum
1998: Commission for West Dorset Hospital, Dorchester
2000: Millennium Carpet Bedding, Commission for Waddesdon Manor
2001: Tapestry measuring 6' x 11' commissioned by private client and woven at the Tapestry Studio, West Dean. Image reference: t01.1
2005: Commission of 4' x 16' tapestry for Said Business School, Oxford
2008: "Deckchair Dreams" Royal Parks, London
2009: Lives and works in Dorset

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1961-75: Nine exhibitions at the New Art Centre, London
1964: University of Leicester
1965: University of Birmingham
1966: St Catherine's College, Oxford
1968: University of Keele
1972: Dorset County Museum, Dorchester
The Leas Gallery, Folkestone
1975: Mappin Art Gallery and the University Library, Sheffield
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
1976: Plymouth Arts Centre
1978: Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall
1979: Fischer Fine Art, London
1981: Warwick Arts Trust, London
1983: Dorset County Museum, Dorchester
1984: Salisbury Festival
Fischer Fine Art, London
1985: Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1986: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
Madeleine Carter Gallery, Boston
1987: Bernard Jacobson Gallery, New York
Armstrong Gallery, New York
1988: Fischer Fine Art, London
Poole Arts Centre, Dorset
1989: Portrait of New Harmony, USA tour
1990: Portrait of New Harmony, Curwen Gallery, London
1991: Fischer Fine Art, London
1994: Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
1995: Charleston Farmhouse, Sussex
1996: Scottish Paintings 1993-96, Maclaurin Art Gallery, Ayr
Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
1998: Eight Variations on a Drawing by Rubens, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
The Luminous Coasts of the Sea, Bridport Arts Centre
2000: Art in the Garden, Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon Manor
Paintings 1996-2000, Marlborough Fine Art, London
2001: Autumn Exhibition, Marlborough Fine Art, London
2002: Roche Court, Salisbury
2003: Sixchapelrow Gallery, Bath
2004: Marlborough Fine Art, London, 17 February to 20 March
2006: "Spirit of Trees": charcoal drawings 1980-2005, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Ulster tour.
2007: Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University
Dorset County Museum, Dorchester
2008: "Leonardo in Scotland" Marlborough Fine Art, London

Collections

Accenture
Arab/Malaysia Bank, Kuala Lumpur
Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
Arts Council of Great Britain
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Ballarat Art Gallery, New South Wales
British Airways plc
British Council
British Museum
City Art Gallery, Birkenhead
City Art Gallery, Bristol
City Art Gallery, Portsmouth
Commercial Union plc
Contemporary Art Society
De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd
Department of the Environment
Deutsche Bank
Devon County Education Committee
Dorset County Museum
The Economist Group
The Financial Times
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
ICI plc
Lancaster University
J. Sainsbury plc
National Gallery of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Westminster Bank plc
New College, Oxford
The Nuffield Foundation
Pearl Assurance
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts
Picker Gallery, Colgate University, USA
Plymouth Art Gallery
Ripon College, West Riding of Yorkshire Education Committee
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Smith & Nephew plc
Tate Gallery, London
Thames Television
3i plc
T.S.B. Group plc
University of Leicester
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Wadham College, Oxford
Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut