Gary Walton

We have four new marine watercolours from Gary for our Christmas Exhibition.

Artist Details: Gary was born in Worcester in 1962. Although he demonstrated a talent for art from an early age, he never considered pursuing a full time career as an artist, instead moving through the school system and into a conventional job. He always loved to paint however and spent much of his spare time painting landscapes - real or imagined.

After receiving continual encouragement from his wife, Gary decided to take his art more seriously and turned semi professional while continuing to work part time as a back up. For three years he painted in his studio and sold his artwork to both private collectors and a variety of retail outlets. During this time he gradually came to realise that for him to become a full time artist would be a dream come true.

In 2004 Gary got his big break when he won the New Artist competition sponsored by DeMontfort Fine Art and was awarded a publishing contract. To his delight he was able to make his dream a reality and he now describes himself as 'highly privileged'.