“Drawing and painting portraits has always been at the core of my artwork. In my portraits I strive to express the passion and personality of my subjects and capture an inner aspect of who they are. My portraits evolve like improvisational dance. I sculpt in color and form, continuously transforming and remolding my image, like working with wet malleable clay. I am influenced and inspired by great Impressionist and Fauvist painters such as Claude Monet and André Derian, as well as by master “painters’ painters” such as John Singer Sargent and Joaquin Sorolla.” ~ Jeremy Sutton

Born in London in 1961, I’ve drawn since I was three. Whilst earning a degree in Physics from Pembroke College, Oxford University, I studied life drawing, sculpture and etching at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. After graduating I studied lithography and life drawing at the Vrije Academie, The Hague, The Netherlands, before moving to California in 1988. My first major one-man show was at the newly opened Gordon Biersch Restaurant in Palo Alto, California, in 1989. Besides being an artist, I am also an author, educator and speaker. I teach workshops and seminars throughout the world. My newest book is Painter 11 Creativity: Digital Artist’s Handbook.

I was first introduced to using the computer as a fine art tool in 1991, and have been exploring the digital medium ever since. I work across multiple media, blending traditional and modern art tools in creating expressive contemporary portraiture. My paintings combine the spontaneity, power and versatility of digital paint with the beauty, physical relief and texture of acrylic and oil.

For more biographical details please see my curriculum vitae.

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