Colin paynton biography
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COLIN SEE-PAYNTON
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colin see-paynton
Biography
1983 | Associate of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers and Engravers |
1984 | Member of the Society of Wood Engravers |
1985, 1986 | National Eisteddfod prize winner |
1985, 1987 | Humberside Printmakers exhibition prize winner |
1986 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers |
1993 | Fellow of the Royal Cambrian Academy |
1998 | RSPB/Society of Wildlife Artists’ prize winner |
2004 | Honorary Fellow Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers |
2018 | Sir Kyffin Williams Centenary Drawing Prize for his drawing "Six March Hares" on display at Oriel Ynys Mon until 27 January 2019 |
2018 | Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize 2018 - Oriel Ynys Mon, Llangefni, Anglesey LI77 7TQ |
2018 | Summer Exhibition - Royal Cambrian Academy, Crown Lane, Conwy LL32 8AN |
2018 | Solo - Show - Oriel Ffin y Parc Gallery, Betws Road, Llanrwst, Conwy LL26 0PT |
2018 | SWE 80th Annual Exhibition BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN • Biography of the artist 1946 – 1972 Born in Bedford in 1946, Colin Paynton finished his schooling and went on to study at the Northampton College of Art from 1963-1965. Shortly after leaving art college he joined up with Colin Ruffell and Richard Akerman and ‘Spectrum Studios’ was founded. They specialised in selling their paintings door to door. The fledgling Athena Print Company produced many prints by Colin Paynton with great success, but it was ‘Don Quixote’ and ‘The Haywagon’ published by Felix Rosenstiels Widow and Son that were perhaps the two best known examples of these reproduction prints. Paintings were also produced for sale by G-Plan during this time who exhibited them in room settings within large department stores. 1972 – Present In 1972 Colin Paynton moved to Wales. The first eight or ten years in Wales saw Colin Paynton working mainly in acrylics and watercolour, examples are shown in our collection. By 1980 as Colin See-Paynton, after a name change through marriage, he began to work increasingly in printmaking using wood engraving as his main medium, consequently f |