David Cobley Email & Phone Number

David is a painter, largely of portraits and the human figure.After a Foundation year at Northampton he dropped out of Liverpool School of Art, but later returned to art after almost 10 years in Japan. Since being shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award (then sponsored by John Player) in 1989, he has been busy with portrait commissions of leading academics, scientists, businessmen, politicians, writers, actors, musicians and members of the armed forces, as well as with other, largely figurative, paintings on more personal themes.He was elected a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1997, and served as its Honorary Secretary for four years. Six years later he was elected as a member of the New English Art Club. He has been a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and held solo exhibitions in London, Bath and Tokyo. His commissions to date include HRH The Princess Royal, and his portraits of Ken Dodd and Sir Martin Evans hang in the National Portrait Gallery, London.An illustrated hardback book about him and his work, entitled David Cobley All By Himself and published by Sansom & Company can be ordered at https://www.davidcobley.com/product-page/david-cobley-all-by-himself.

Listed skills include Painting, Portraits, Art Exhibitions, Fine Art, and 15 others.