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Michael Hampton |
13 Sandy Way
Shirley
Croydon
Surry
CR0 8QT
www.michael-hampton.com
Michael Hampton (born 1937) spent 27 years
with a commercial art studio before leaving to paint full-time. He was elected
to the Society of Wildlife Artists in 1980, which holds its annual exhibition at
the Mall Galleries in London every September.
Although he prefers working in
watercolour, Michael also uses acrylic, pastels and scraperboard. He is a member
of the Croydon Art Society, which holds spring and autumn exhibitions at the
Fairfield Halls in Croydon, and currently has work on display in many private
art galleries in the south of England.
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Over the years, Michael’s work has
appeared on many magazine covers and calendars and has also gained international
recognition – in 1987, Michael won the World Wildlife Fund for Nature Fine Art
Award for his watercolour ‘Amur Tiger’.
Private commissions have formed a large
part of Michael’s work. Customers include Sultan Qaboos Bin Said of Oman, who
commissioned four watercolours of Arabian mammals, and the late founder of
Howletts and Port Lympne wild animal parks, John Aspinall, for whom Michael
painted many big cats.
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