Category Archives: Portrait drawings

portraits on paper

“The Reflecting Eye” Exhibition Closed, ULU Still Life and 2014’s First Drawings!

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Simon Tolhurst

The Reflecting Eye exhibition finished with a lively closing night party on the 23rd Jan, thanks to everyone who joined us and to all the musicians who gave us some great live performances to see the exhibition off with a … Continue reading →

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“The Reflecting Eye” Exhibition Open!

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Simon Tolhurst

The Reflecting Eye exhibition is now open, nestled between St.Pancras, Mornington Crescent and Camden Town in St.Pancras Hospital’s Conference Centre. It’s a group show with Tim Bradford, Annie Hall, Harry Limes, Georgia Mathews, Charlie Pi and myself. All the artists … Continue reading →

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The Reflecting Eye

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Simon Tolhurst

I’m pleased to announce that I have several works in an upcoming group exhibition at St.Pancras Hospital’s conference gallery space. “The Reflecting Eye” is a group show and I’m going to be showing some recent paintings and drawings that fit … Continue reading →

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University College Hospital Portrait Project

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Simon Tolhurst

Since August I’ve been visiting the Oncology Daycare Centre at University College Hospital to work on a new drawing project. Organised by the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Unit charity (LALU), I’ve been at the centre on a weekly basis to make … Continue reading →

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Drawing, drawing, drawing!

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Simon Tolhurst

I’ve been drawing a lot recently, life drawings, portrait drawings, drawings using Skype, even drawing for a tv programme. Here are some of the recent portraits:                  For the tv show I mentioned I was one of several artists … Continue reading →

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Aoife’s Portrait Finished plus Self Portrait, Recent Drawings and Cannes News!

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Simon Tolhurst

Aoife’s portrait is finished and I’d like to say a big thank you to her for all the hours spent posing! Started in early Jan and finished in mid April, thank you very much to Aoife! Here’s the picture: Also … Continue reading →

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Goodbye in 2012 and recent drawings.

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Simon Tolhurst

When I leave it for a long period between posts on my blog I often find that it’s hard to summarise everything that’s occurred in the meantime and although I haven’t had a great deal to shout about, the second … Continue reading →

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My Friend Nina

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Simon Tolhurst

A long, long time ago (in a blog post far, far down this page) I made a post for my friend Marion, who’d posed so many times, that she decided that she deserved her own page on my blog! I’m … Continue reading →

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“Stay Blessed!” Still Life, working in series and Fish meets Cat

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Simon Tolhurst

It’s been several weeks since my last post during which time I’ve been lucky to have had quite a lot of people come to pose, it’s always great to have someone who is patient and interested enough to come and … Continue reading →

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New year 2012 and back to the drawing board!

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Simon Tolhurst

We’re almost at the end of January and after a great break over the festive period and New Year (which already seems a long time ago, happy Chinese new year is more appropriate now!) I’ve gone back to the drawing … Continue reading →

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