Patrick Cullen is a painter in oils, pastels and watercolours, best known for his scenes of Tuscany, Andalucia and Southern France, in all seasons and all weathers. he is particularly drawn to the patterned hillsides of vineyards and olive groves and the mountain villages of these regions. He lives in London.
He is a member of the New English Art Club (NEAC) and a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. His last solo show was with the New Grafton Gallery, London SW13, in December 2007.. In the past 3 years he has made 5 trips to India and is working towards a major exhibition of Indian subjects in 2010.
He has received numerous awards and prizes for his paintings: most recently The Royal Watercolour Society Award at Bankside. Other awards received during the past 8 years include The Daler Rowney prize at the Pastel Society's Centenary Exhibition in 2000, for a 7 ft x 6ft pastel of the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, both the Kathleen Tronson award and Jaans Ondaatje Rolls prize at the NEAC in 2001, for paintings of the Ronda Gorge in Andalucia, and the Minto prize in 2003.
BIOGRAPHY
1972-73 St. Martins School of Art
1973-76 Camberwell School of Art
1990-2004 Member of the Pastel Society
1997 Elected to New English Art Club
ONE - MAN EXHIBITIONS
1978, Ogle Gallery, Eastbourne
1979, 83, 87 Amalgam, London
1981, Off Centre Gallery, London
1992, 94, 96, 98, 2001, 2003, 2005 Thackeray Gallery, London
1999, 2002 Jane Neville Gallery, Aslockton
2006, Summerleaze Gallery, East Knoyle
2007, New Grafton Gallery, London
OTHER EXHIBITIONS include:
1979, 82, 85, 86, 89, 90, 1996-2004 inc, 2006, 07 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1990 onwards Pastel Society, Mall Galleries
1991, 92, 95, 96, 97, 1999-2004 inc. Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside
1995 onwards New English Art Club Mall Galleries
1996 Hunting Art Prize, Royal College of Art
2000 Ken Howard and Friends, Phillips, New Bond Street
2006 New Grafton Gallery, 2 man show with Tom Fairs
AWARDS
1984, 85 Spirit of London Competition, Royal Festival Hall, Prizewinner
1989 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, The Watercolour Prize
1990 Pastel Society, Daler Rowney Award
1991 Royal Watercolour Society, Abbot and Holder Award
1995 Pastel Society, Daler Rowney Award
2000 Pastel Society Centenary Exhibition, Daler Rowney Award
2001 New English Art Club, The Kathleen Tronson Award
2002 New English Art Club, The Jans Ondaatje Rolls Prize
2003 New English Art Club, The Minto Prize
2004 Royal Watercolour Society, RWS Award
PUBLIC PURCHASES include
The Royal Academy
Sheffield City Art Gallery
Paintings in Hospitals
Canary Wharf Development Co
Beale and Co
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Reid Williams Design
Gouldens Solicitors