DAVID FARRANT

Born in London in 1938, David Farrant has built a reputation as one of the finest painters of portraiture in the country.  Following his training at Central St Martin's College of Art, David's impressive career has included exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery (where he was a finalist in the Jon Player Award for Portraiture 1989) and at the Mall Gallery in London with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.  He has also undertaken many prestigious portrait commissions and has work in private collections all over the world.

For some time now, David has preferred to concentrate on his large-format figurative painting in oils. He likes to hint at a story in his compositions, deriving inspiration from everyday scenes; the impact of light on moving figures is especially apparent in his work.

Although photographic reproductions of David's work, in the form of giclee prints, are widely available, his original oil paintings are becoming very rare indeed.