Andrew James

A wonderfully passionate artist, Andrew James has been painting for over 25 years, capturing incredible likeness and energy of his subjects, through his sumptuous, rigorous & painterly approach.

Based in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Andrew James is a highly sought after Artist, who has worked on many prestigious commissions of public figures. Winner of the Carroll Foundation Award in 1998 and of BBC's Star Portraits with Rolf Harris, Andrew was elected Vice-President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 2008.

Awards

2011 Artists Award, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
2008 Elected Vice President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP)
2004 Honorary Member of Hesketh Hubbard Art Society 
2004 Winner of BBC's Star Portraits with Rolf Harris. Selected by TV's Antique Expert, David Dickinson in the National Portrait Gallery.
2002 Elected a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP)
1998 Winner of the Carroll Foundation Award for the portrait Ivy Cole, bestowed by the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP)

Personal Experience

2011/12 Tutor, Arte Umbria, Italy 
2011/12 Tutor, Art Academy, London
2007 to present Tutor, Heatherleys School of Fine Art, Chelsea, London
2004 Judge ‘ Not the Turner Prize' sponsored by the Daily Mail
2004 to present Regular portrait painting demonstrations
2004 to present Member of the FBA Education Committee, Mall Galleries, London
2003 BBC1 Star Portraits with Rolf Harris, Portrait of David Dickinson