After studying painting at the Central School of Art and Design, London, and obtaining a BA in Fine Art in 1979, I spent much of my time abroad. Munich, Germany, was my home for four years where I exhibited, drew ceramics for the German Archaeological Institute, sang in an Irish band and worked at the Munich Academy of Art under Eduardo Paolozzi. My interest in alternative medicine took me to India, where I spent seven years in an Ayurvedic Medical Centre, working and studying.

I have concentrated on portrait painting since returning to England in 1993. This effort was rewarded by a prize at the B. P. Portrait Awards in 1997 for the portrait of Mr & Mrs Panchal which was shown at the National Portrait Gallery, London.

However, as you see from examples displayed here at this website, my work is by no means ristricted to portraits. I continue to paint and draw on various other themes and also undertake book illustration. The latter is something I have started recently and which I hope to do more of.

My other main interest is music, particularly singing: I perform at gigs in various parts of the country.

Normally, I am based in Shepherds Bush, West London.

 

To contact me

If you require further information or would like to view particular works, or to commission or purchase, please send an email to clarknicola@hotmail.com (or click 'Email me' at the top of any page).

 

Exhibitions

1994	Garchinger Kulturzentrum, Munich	solo
1995	Bonhams in Aid of Cystic Fibrosis	group
1996	B P Portrait Awards, National Portrait Gallery	group
1997	B P Portrait Awards, National Portrait Gallery	group
1998	Stroud House Gallery, Gloucester	group
1999	Newbury Spring Festival	solo
	Bartley Drey Gallery, Chelsea	group
	Courcoux and Courcoux, Hampshire	group