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Born in 1954 Colin started work in a commercial studio in London at 17 having passed his final exams a year early. While there he attended evening classes at St Martins School of Art and at 21 years old decided to leave and pursue a freelance career.
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He exhibits regularly in London with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours to which he was elected a full member in 2001
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He has won many prizes over the years, the President’s Medal at the Society of Equestrian Artists twice 1999 & 2003 where he is also a member, the Daler/Rowney award at the Royal Watercolour Society and the Frank Herring award at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours
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He is a member of the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts and often shows at the Royal West of England Academy where in 2002 & 2004 he won the award for Watercolour painting
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His work can be seen at the Waterside Gallery, Instow, North Devon, The Tregony Gallery, Cornwall, the Walker Gallery East Devon and frequently the Mall Galleries in London
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He has written articles for the Artist, Artist and Illustrator and International Artist Magazines and in November 2002 the publishers Halsgrove produced a book on his life and work containing over 100 full colour plates of his paintings and drawings. He is married and lives with his wife and 3 children in North Devon
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