Paul Banning, Painter in watercolour and oil.

 

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Paul was born in Trinidad in 1934, educated at Clifton College, Bristol, and the West of England College of Art, gaining NDD Honours in furniture Design.  He served two years national service obtaining a commission in the army and subsequently became a furniture designer in industry. 

Redundancy in1986 gave him the opportunity to start a new career in painting.  Using his design skills, and the basic training at Art School in drawing taught by Victor Passmore RA., he studied the great water colour masters of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and learned the masterly skills of water colour painting. 

 He is mainly a Plein Air painter, and loves the challenge of painting direct from the subject whenever possible. He travels extensively and is constantly looking for interesting subject matter, whether it  be from a sailing barge in Holland, or in the streets of a dirty old market in India, Egypt, Dubai, or the hot desert sands of Jordan or on the low water shores of the river Thames, or the tranquil country lanes of Hampshire.

He has exhibited in France Holland Italy USA, Dubai, and in many Galleries in the UK. His work has been regularly accepted in the  NEAC, ROI, and has been selected for the Sunday Times Singer and Friedlander watercolour competition in 2003 and 2006, as well as for the RA Summer Exhibition in 2006.

Prizes:
Freshfields Prize at the RWS C21 Exhibition 2000
Llewellyn Alexander Award RI 2002
Society Painting prize, Armed Forces Art Society 2005
Chelsea Art Society Painting prize  2004
 Armed Forces Art Society Exhibition ,best picture depicting an Army subject. 2007

Publications :
Numerous articles for The Artist and Illustrators magazine.   
Articles for The Artist magazine.

Membership of  Societies:
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours
Royal Society of Marine Artists.
Associate Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Wapping Group of Artists.
Chelsea Art Society.
Armed Forces Art Society
Associate Member of Farnham Art Society

Teaching and courses:    
Paul started teaching water colours in 1986 and has gained a high reputation for his skill and patience in teaching amateur painters.He has run many painting holidays to France, Italy, and Holland, but now does two  residential courses at Dedham Hall Suffolk , and one at  Summerleaze Gallery in Wiltshire. He is President of Wokingham and District Arts Group.
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