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Portfolio for Keith Breeden RP - Commissionaportrait
Before turning to painting in 1995, Keith Breeden worked in London designing record sleeves. During this time Breeden designed artwork for album and single covers with bands including Pink Floyd, Duran Duran and Culture Club, and also worked on book, magazine, and poster campaigns for the music press. Much acclaimed, his work received several Music Industry awards in the Europe and the UK.
Through a fascination with people, he began to paint form life. Firstly a self-portrait, then a double portrait of two brothers, Jack & Morley Richards (see painting of the same name). This was accepted into the BP Awards in 1996 and received the Public Choice Award. The excellent reception this portrait received led to a commission to paint the Governor of HM Tower of London.
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| Birth date |
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1956
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| Education |
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Bath Academy of Art.
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| Awards |
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1996 – Visitors Choice, BP Awards, National Portrait Gallery, London.
1986 – First Prize, Album Sleeve, Music Week Awards.
1985 – First Prize, Single Sleeve, Music Week Awards.
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| Selected Commissions |
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Professor John Cash CBE – President of the Royal College of Physicians.
Major General GW Field CB OBE – Resident Governor HM Tower of London.
Major Geoffrey Crook – Controller of Royal Piioneer Corps Association.
Sir Dominic Cadbury – Chairman of Cadbury Schwepps.
David McMurray – Headmaster Oundle School.
Malcom Thyne – Headmaster at Fetts College.
His Honour Judge Humphrey Lloyd QC.
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| Group Exhibitions |
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2000 – RP Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.
2000 – Peoples Portraits, Travelling Exhibition.
1999 – RP Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.
1998 – RP Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.
1998 – Oriel 31, Newtown, Annual Open Exhibition.
1998 – Joint Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art Wales.
1996 – BP Awards, National Portrait Gallery, London.
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| Artist's Statement |
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“Through looking at the work of Holbein, Vermeer, Hals, Valasquez, Gauguin, Cézanne and Sutherland (whilst all the time looking at myself) I have come to see painting as a process of ordering the world I see and translating it into a new vocabulary that I have created. Essentially, I am establishing my own structure.
I think the essence of painting remains the same regardless of motive. The skills required by a painter portraying people are specific to that task in as much as the process is interactive. Establishing a relationship with the sitter can be the most vital, and the most enjoyable part of painting a portrait.”
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The artist usually requires ten two-hour sittings for portraits in oil and four two-hour sittings for watercolours and drawings. Sittings can take place either at the artist’s studio in Mid-Wales or at a location more convenient to the client, the artist can also work from photographs. Please note that the commission does not come framed, this is left to the discretion of the client. |
| Travel nationally |
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Yes |
| Travel internationally |
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Yes |
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The
Prices quoted are for the standard mediums of oil on canvas and bronze
(in
the case of sculpture).
For other media, prices may vary, please enquire
directly with us for more specific quotes.
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