Lord of the Brush

Melvyn Warren-Smith

Born, Kingston Upon Thames 1948

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Studied fine art at Kingston, Epsom, Guildford and Farnham Schools of art.

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Won a David Murray landscape scholarship from the Royal Academy of Arts in 1965

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Started working professionally as an illustrator in 1974 and worked on commissions to create book covers for authors including Catherine Cookson, Maeve Binchy, Lena Kennedy, Emma Blair and Edwina Currie.

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Whilst continuing to work as an illustrator he also specialises in portrait and landscape commissions and is based in Stroud.