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David studied in London under the late Sir Kyffin

Williams RA and Anthony Green RA before being

offered a place at the Royal College of Art. He is a

true protégé of Sir Kyffin, sharing his fundamental

belief that drawing and draughtsmanship are a vital

part of the artist’s craft. In the last decade,

Although he has enjoyed a love affair with the

English countryside for many years, he has also

worked extensively in Southern Europe spending

substantial amounts of time in France and Italy.

Working with a limited palette, he is always faithful

to the truth in what he sees.

His portraits reveal the same integrity, and his

sculptures, whether in bronze, stone or marble,

are faithful to his belief in a natural and simple

beauty in all things.

David has exhibited hundreds of palette knife

works in galleries throughout the UK and

beyond. He shares Sir Kyffin’s love of

landscapes, but previous experience in the

fashion industry has also given him great flair

for capturing body language in his figurative

work. David’s work is in collections in the UK,

France, Italy and the USA.

“The work of David Porteous-Butlerreveals an honest and direct affinitywith his subject that is driven by his

love of the natural world.”

ARTIST \ DAVID PORTEOUS-‐BUTLER

'Trouville-sur-Mer' Oil on Canvas 46 x 61cm £2800

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'Rest by the River (After Sisley)' Oil on Canvas 50 x 60cm £3750


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'A Close Call 2' Oil on Canvas 50 x 60cm £3000


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'Montbrun-Bocage' Oil on Canvas 40 x 60cm £2500


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'Hi!' Oil on Canvas 30x40cm £1800


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'Rue Saint-Loubin, Blois' Oil on Canvas 46x38cm £1950


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'Paris - Left Bank 2' Oil on Canvas 40x80cm £3250


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'Pont St Michel 2' Oil on Canvas 30x40cm £1800


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'Head Waiter' Oil on Canvas 40 x 50cm £2,250


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'Notre Dame' Oil on Canvas 50x60cm £3000


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Anthony Dyson PhD RE trained as an artist at

Blackburn School of Art and has a Doctorate in

History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art. He

has written many books and articles on art education

and printmaking. His prints were first exhibited at the

Royal Academy when he was still a student and he

has since exhibited frequently there and widely

elsewhere in Britain and France.

His work is in the collections of the Science

Museum, London; the Guildhall Library,

London; the University of London Institute of

Education; the University of London Birkbeck

College; the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge;

and the Sagene Laererskole, Oslo. He has been

Vice-President of the Royal Society of Painter-

Printmakers, London.

His latest book is “Printmakers’ Secrets”

published in 2009 by A&C Black Ltd.

"Imagine coating a copper plate

thinly with wax, then blackening the

wax with the smoke of lighted tapers,

taking a metal point with a wooden

handle and drawing on the black

surface to reveal gleaming traces of

the copper beneath. That’s the first

step in making an etching.

Child’s play, isn’t it?"

LISA TAKAHASHI

Read more on our website

www.artbenefact.com/minto

ARTIST \ ANTHONY DYSON PHD RE

'The Shrine'

Etching, 53x23cm

£175

Edition 50


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'Work Horse' Linocut, 61x46cm £375

Edition 60


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'Victory and Defeat' Etching and Aquatint, 36x28cm £200

Edition 25


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'Spectators' Aquatint and Hand Colouring 72.4 x 50.5 cm £275

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'The Leap' Hand Coloured Etching 69 x 51 cm £275

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'The Voyeur' Etching 49 x 32 cm £295

Edition 50


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Perhaps it all dates back to childhood holidays,

that first amazement at seeing jewelled lizards in

the mediterraenean dust, or the snake that

whizzed across my path leaving me dazzled and

wondering if it had been a trick of the light. Or it

might have been that fateful plaster hedgehog my

mum made when I was 6, or the afternoons at the

zoo, or my hero-worship of the biology teacher…

Whatever the reason, I am passionately

interested in all kinds of wildlife, exotic or familiar,

and spend hours modelling and drawing in

aquariums, vivariums, stables, farms, zoos, bird

parks – in fact anywhere I can watch animals

getting on with their lives.

That first flash of excitement, the thing that

makes me want to do an animal comes from

seeing it move: it’s that liveliness which I want

to convey. I look for it in the tautness of a neck

or the position of the ears, a stretch, or else

through a mood: concentration, menace,

hunger.

“It’s smokey and messy, imprecise and dangerous,you can hardly see through the steamed-upgoggles, you’re never stop swallowing bits ofsawdust trapped inside the gas-mask and you’reboiling in the straight-jacket of protective clothingbut then… magic : out come the animals…spitting fire, running with molten glaze,practically alive and kicking.”

"Raku firing was just one afternoonat a friend’s house. For a long time I’d

been drawn to this exotic-soundingproceedure in the same way thatothers are drawn to a particular

instrument or to space travel.

The single demonstration was theconfirmation I needed and I

abandonned stoneware andporcelain for raku almost overnightand have done little else for the last

25 years.”

'Bécasse'

Raku

H 21 cm x W 19cm

£650

ARTIST \ JOANNA HAIR


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'Hippo'

Bronze

Denis Foundry Nantes

H 8 cm x W 12 cm

£650



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'Hippo'

Raku

H 18 cm x W 29 cm

£500



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'Hippo'

Raku

Joanna Hair

H 18 cm x W 29 cm

'Hippo'

Raku

H 18 cm x W 29 cm

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'Penguin'

Raku

H 9.5 cm x W 10cm

£195



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Hubert de Watrigant, internationally respected as a

contemporary master of equestrian and racing art,

and perhaps the most famous equestrian and racing

artist in Europe today, was born in France in 1954.

His father was a successful breeder and trainer

living in South West France, where Hubert grew up

and now spends an increasing part of his time. An

early obsession with sketching horses in his father’s

stables was to forecast his future talent and success.

He spent his early career in Paris, in a variety of

occupations, before devoting himself to painting

full-time. He became a professional artist in 1976,

and his reputation grew rapidly.

The Equestrian world is de Watrigant’s great

passion and his constant source of inspiration.

Horses, jockeys, trainers and owners—devotees

of the turf—are all depicted in his unique and

inimitable style. His paintings are marked by

their outstanding draughtsmanship, movement,

and bold combination of materials, including

charcoal, pastel, watercolor, pen and ink,

gouache and oil. He has exhibited worldwide

and has an extensive international clientele. His

paintings are to be found in prestigious

collections in Great Britain, Europe, Japan, the

Middle East and the USA.

"Ever since the first of his exhibitions infive countries Hubert de Watrigant has

been a front-runner in the evolution of hisart. His dexterity with range of materials

allied to outstandingly accomplisheddraughtsmanship combine to enrich hisvivid interpretation of the racing scene.

It is one with which – as the son of SouthWest France racehorse breeder and

trainer – he has enjoyed lifelongfamiliarity. It is this familiarity, this “sensedu cheval”, which resonates in the spirit of

Hubert de Watrigant’s exciting work."

THE LATE SIR PETER O’SULLEVAN CBE

ARTIST \ HUBERT DE WATRIGANT

'L'Etalon Blanc' Oil on Board 48.5 x 44 cm £2,250


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"Particularly notable is his distinctly

impressionist approach to the world of racing

and his expression of transience. Watrigant

anchors these fleeting movements in a wide

variety of materials including charcoal,

pastel, oils and collage."

COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE, JUNE 2015

Gail Wendorf studied painting at the University

of California, Irvine then her lifelong interest in

archaeology led her to California State

University where she combined a love of

painting and drawing to create a unique degree

programme, obtaining a degree in

Archaeological Illustration in 1978. Her work as

an illustrator has taken her all over the world

and this global perspective has had a great

influence on her life and work.

In both figurative and landscape paintings her

goal is the interpretation of movement, light,

colour and passion in the music, dance or

landscape.

Working in the studio and plein air, through the

use of camera, sketches and finally oil paint, her

work invites you in to feel the passion and

movement, hear the music and laughter, feel

the wind or hear the water….or just listen to

the peace. Gail now lives and works between

Glenfinnan and New Mexico and paints the

musicians, the ceilidhs and the landscape that

carries so much of the scot’s passion for life.

“I am always inspired, and healed (ifnecessary) by the light, the landscape.

The French country side around theCote d’Azur has always been a place

that re-inspires me when I get tired orfrustrated.”

ARTIST \ GAIL WENDORF


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'Auribeau-sur-Siagne' Oil on Board 11 x 14 in £1,000



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'Morning Light Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne' Oil on Board 16 x 12 in £1,250



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'Old Nice - Like a Ripe Melon' Oil on Board 14 x 11 in £1,000



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'Gathering, Bargemon' Oil on Board 12 x 9 in £700


'Veulettes-sur-Mer, Normandy' Oil on Board 9 x 12 in £700


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