Neil Shawcross MBE, RHA, HRUA | |
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| Born | 15 March 1940 (age 84) Kearsley, Lancashire, England |
| Education | Bolton College of Art, Lancaster College of Art |
| Known for | Portraiture, nudes, still life, printmaking, stained glass |
| Movement | Post-Impressionism |
| Awards | Gallaher Portrait Prize 1966 RUA Conor Award 1975 RUA Gold Medal 1978, 1982, 1987, 1994, 1997, 2001 RUA Academician 1978 Arnolds National Portrait Award, Dublin 1990 James Adam Prize 1998, Sandford and Leinster Galleries Award 2006 approx. |
Neil Shawcross MBE, RHA, HRUA (born 15 March 1940) is an artist born in Kearsley, Lancashire, England, and resident in Northern Ireland since 1962. Primarily a portrait painter, his subjects have included Nobel prize winning poet Seamus Heaney,[1] novelist Francis Stuart (for the Ulster Museum), former Lord Mayor of Belfast David Cook (for Belfast City Council),[2] footballer Derek Dougan and fellow artists Colin Middleton and Terry Frost. He also paints the figure and still life, taking a self-consciously childlike approach to composition and colour.[3] His work also includes printmaking, and he has designed stained glass for the Ulster Museum and St. Colman's Church, Lambeg, County Antrim.[2] He lives in Hillsborough, County Down.