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Ruth Swain

Pressure
Title:
Pressure
"They said I used to look like her"
Title:
"They said I used to look like her"
Self portrait ala Norman Rockwell
Title:
Self portrait ala Norman Rockwell
My little Brother
Title:
My little Brother
Lady with 2 sticks
Title:
Lady with 2 sticks
Debbie (Dr Waller)
Title:
Debbie (Dr Waller)

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I am an artist based in Oxfordshire, currently studying Contemporary Portraiture at the Art Academy.

I work in oil, watercolour and pastel, painting mainly from life.

Having worked in London, Hong Kong and New York as an art director and illustrator, I use visual stories and word play to inspire my work and this helps me to create a dialogue between the sitter and the viewer.

I was excited to win 'The Readers Award' in Artists and Illustrators Magazine (Artist of the year 2017) and my portrait was exhibited in the Mall Gallery. I have had paintings exhibited  in several major galleries including the Menier Gallery, Mall Galleries, the Whitechapel Gallery, Manchester. I have also had work shown in The RBSA Open Exhibition 2017, and The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour 2019

More recently I have become very interested in Still Life and am currently working on a new series of paintings which I hope to exhibit soon.

Ruth is happy to accept commissions.

Email: ruth@ruthsportraits.com

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