Category Archives: Portrait drawings

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UCLH Staff Drawings Update and Exhibition News!

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Simon Tolhurst

Over the last few months I’ve really enjoyed making portraits of members of staff at UCLH. As described in my previous blog post, I’ve been drawing the hospital staff via video call, offering a chance to have a portrait made … Continue reading →

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UCLH Staff Portraits by Video Call!

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Simon Tolhurst

Creative Comfort… In order to further support staff wellbeing at UCLH during this extremely difficult time, the Arts & Heritage team have brought together artists working at UCLH to offer creative ways to de-stress. Creative Comfort is an online resource … Continue reading →

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Recent Drawings and News! (Of the BBC Variety).

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Simon Tolhurst

Earlier this month the BBC News website published a short piece on the Portrait Artist in Residence project for Haematology Cancer Care Charity at UCLH. The BBC had visited the Cancer Centre a few weeks before to film for a … Continue reading →

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A Quick Update and Major Life Changes

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Simon Tolhurst

I thought I’d give a quick update to my rather overdue blog, quite a lot has happened since my last post and although I’ve been posting new work on Facebook and Twitter, my WordPress has been slightly neglected. For those … Continue reading →

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A Short Film by Katie Taylor and my Goldfish on YouTube!

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Simon Tolhurst

Earlier this year I was asked if I would mind being filmed for a short documentary film by Katie Taylor, who is studying Film, Television and Digital Production at Royal Holloway, University of London. Katie needed a subject for her … Continue reading →

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An Overdue Blog Post with lots of Pictures!

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Simon Tolhurst

It’s becoming customary for me to start each blog post with “it’s been a while since I posted” and this time is no exception! So here’s a quick summary of what I’ve been up to with pencil and paintbrush … Continue reading →

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Summer Salon exhibition at Candid Arts

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Simon Tolhurst

I’m very pleased to be exhibiting five pieces of my work at the Summer Salon exhibition opening this week at the Candid Arts Trust in Angel Islington. The exhibition is open from Friday 1st to Sunday 10th July, 12-6pm and … Continue reading →

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Drawing news, Painting news and Newsnight news!

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Simon Tolhurst

It’s been a very long time since my last post here on WordPress, about six months and during that time I’ve been continuing to work on the project for LALU at University College Hospital as well as having people pose … Continue reading →

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A Post Before Christmas, New Work and News

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Simon Tolhurst

It’s been a while since my last post and with Christmas almost here I thought I’d update my blog with recent work and take the opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Xmas, Bon Noel, Buon Natale, Happy Holidays etc and … Continue reading →

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Portrait Artist in Residence, One Year On.

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Simon Tolhurst

It’s been a year since I began working on a project as portrait artist in residence at the MacMillan Cancer Centre, University College London Hospital. The project is organised and run by the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Unit (LALU) charity at … Continue reading →

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