Ciarán Hinds Actor Portrait Sitting

October 13, 2018 in Actors Headshots, Featured Sitting, Portraiture, London, Portraitist, Celebrity, Selah, Top Moment

Ciarán was very kind to accept my invitation to sit for a portrait in March of this year. The sitting was very memorable, Hinds was astonishing, creating expressions and emotions that almost hold the viewer. My directional inspiration for the sitting flowed from three themes. The first to capture Ciarán as a penitent man, who believes, the second, a focused individual, the third a man who doubts. Hinds created complex and vigorous characters were embodied by energy and animation.

Chief Constable Paul Crowther, OBE Portrait Sitting

September 21, 2018 in Portraiture, Featured Sitting, London, Corporate Commission

Paul Crowther, OBE is a police officer of the United Kingdom. Since March 2014, he has been Chief Constable of the British Transport Police (BTP). I’m no stranger to photographing high profile public officials. I’m a professional portrait photographer, I will forever be a historian in my heart.

Lieutenant General James Bashall CBE Portrait Sitting

June 07, 2018 in Military Portrait, Featured Sitting, Portraiture, Army General, Soldiery, Corporate Commission, Top Moment

Delighted to work with Lieutenant General James Bashall CBE, who commissioned a military portrait sitting at his Headquarters in Aldershot. A tall and imposing man, Lieutenant General Bashall was a hero of the Iraq War. He commanded the 1st Mechanised Brigade in Basra, in 2007.

H.R.H Prince Michael of Kent, GCVO, KStJ, CD Portrait Sitting

May 09, 2018 in Portraiture, Royal Portrait, Military Portrait, Featured Sitting, Portraitist, Charity, Army General, Top Moment

H.R.H Prince Michael of Kent, GCVO, KStJ, CD is a member of the British Royal Family. He is a paternal first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, being a grandson of King George V and Queen Mary. His Royal Highness commissioned a portrait at the London Studio.

General Sir Nicholas Carter, KCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Portrait Sitting

October 27, 2017 in Military Portrait, London, Featured Sitting, Soldiery, CDS, Portraitist, Army General, Corporate Commission

My latest Portrait commission from the British Army took place with General Sir Nick Carter, KCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Chief of the General Staff. The General was in need of a portrait to be placed in the gallery of former Chiefs of the General Staff.

Baroness Rona Fairhead CBE Portrait Sitting, UK GOV Commission

October 20, 2017 in Corporate Commission, Advertising, Featured Sitting, Liverpool, Leeds, London, Los Angeles, New York, Northerners, Political Portraits, Portraiture, Charity

Portraits from a recent Portrait Commission with Rona Fairhead, Baroness Fairhead, CBE Minister of State at the Department for International Trade. She is a former Chairman of the BBC Trust and was the first woman to hold the post.

Field Marshal The Lord Guthrie Portrait Sitting

August 21, 2017 in Military Portrait, Portraiture, London, Featured Sitting, Soldiery, CDS, Army General, Top Moment

Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie GCB, LVO, OBE, DL was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1994 to 1997 and Chief of the Defence Staff from 1997 until his retirement in 2001.

Baron Bernard Hogan-Howe, QPM Portrait Sitting

June 06, 2017 in Portraiture, Northerners, Corporate Commission, Featured Sitting, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, New York, Charity

Bernard Hogan-Howe, Baron Hogan-Howe, QPM is a former police officer and was the Chief of London's Metropolitan Police from 2011 until 2017.

John de Lancie Portrait Sitting

February 17, 2017 in Actors Headshots, Featured Sitting, Expressive, Los Angeles, Star Trek, Top Moment

On 17th February a very rainy Los Angeles afternoon John braved the weather and sat for a portrait in Studio City.

Natalie Dormer Portrait Sitting

July 22, 2016 in Celebrity, Featured Sitting, London, Expressive, Portraitist, Actors Headshots, Los Angeles

Actress Natalie Dormer, star of Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games and The Tudors. Sat for a portrait at the London Studio several weeks ago. I wrote to Natalie inviting her to sit for my Expressive Portraits Project just over a year ago; it just goes to show how many letters and requests she receives. Natalie is exceptionally talented with an incredible natural beauty.

Toby Jones Actor Portraits

January 26, 2016 in Actors Headshots, Celebrity, Featured Sitting, London, Portraitist, Portraiture, Top Moment

Toby Jones is one of the UK’s most prolific actors, After appearing in supporting roles in films between 1992 and 2005, Jones made his breakthrough as Truman Capote in the biopic Infamous.

Julian Bleach Portrait Sitting

January 10, 2016 in Actors Headshots, London, Featured Sitting, Expressive, Portraitist, Portraiture, Top Moment

Actor Julian Bleach accepted my invitation to sit for a Portrait at the London Studio. Julian is best known as co-creator and “MC” of Shockheaded Peter, a musical entertainment based on the works of Heinrich Hoffmann, which won the 2002 Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.

Major General Tim Robinson CBE Portrait Sitting

November 15, 2015 in Army General, Featured Sitting, London, Los Angeles, Military Portrait, Portraiture, Soldiery, Top Clients, Top Moment

Retiring from the Army senior military leader Major General Tim Robinson CBE, commissioned a portrait at Army Head quarters in Andover. With a military career spanning two decades, seeing active service and leading troops in Iraq, Bosnia and Northern Ireland.

Iain Duncan-Smith MP Portrait Sitting

November 08, 2015 in Political Portraits, London, Featured Sitting, Top Clients, Top Moment

Recently I was commissioned to capture a portrait of Iain Duncan-Smith MP. Renowned as a veteran soldier, Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister, Former Leader of the Conservative Party, and Secretary for Work and Pensions, his political career rivals many, and as such earns him a place of historical significance in British Politics.

Lieutenant General Sir James Everard KCB, CBE Portrait Sitting

October 16, 2015 in Military Portrait, London, Liverpool, Leeds, Los Angeles, Portraiture, Soldiery, Army General, Featured Sitting, Top Moment, Top Clients

Lieutenant general Sir James Everard Commander Army Land Forces, graciously accepted my offer of a portrait sitting at Army Head Quarters in Andover.

Commander Lopez Mexican Navy Portrait

October 14, 2015 in Featured Sitting, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, New York, Rome

Just this week, I was commissioned by Mexico’s Deputy Military Attaché Commander Lopez for a Military Portrait Sitting in London.

Andrew J Robinson Portrait Sitting

October 10, 2015 in Star Trek, Portraiture, Expressive, Featured Sitting, Celebrity, Los Angeles

My Expressive Portraits Exhibition is enabling me to seek out opportunities to undertake Portrait Sittings with some impressive stars of stage, screen and TV. This has necessitated a fair amount of hopping back and forth across the Atlantic as I aim to bring a depth to the exhibition that would not be possible by staying on English turf only. I first wrote to impressive Director and compelling Actor, Andrew J Robinson, hoping to include him in a Los Angeles trip last September.

Estonian Ambassador H.E Lauri Bambus

September 25, 2015 in Ambassador, Featured Sitting, Portraiture, London, Works, Charity, Corporate Headshots, Corporate Commission, Political Portraits

Estonian Ambassador H.E Lauri Bambus arrived in the UK, to take up his position as Ambassador of Estonia to the United Kingdom. The Ambassadors Office needed a portrait to represent the Lauri on the Embassy’s website and in any Diplomatic Literature and Press Releases. Commissioning me for the task I Arranged the portrait sitting at the Estonian Embassy in London.

René Auberjonois Portrait Sitting

September 10, 2015 in Actors Headshots, Featured Sitting, Los Angeles, Portraiture, Expressive, Star Trek, Top Moment

René Auberjonois has an instantly recognisable face which I believe becomes better and better with age. Star of stage and screen Auberjonois, has appeared in M.A.S.H, Star Trek Deep Space Nine and Boston Legal to name but a few titles. I wrote to René several months ago to arrange the sitting in Los Angeles, and to my wonderment, he agreed to sit for a portrait during my visit to LA a few weeks ago.

Mark & Jacqueline Margolis

September 07, 2015 in Actors Headshots, Los Angeles, Portraiture, Featured Sitting, Celebrity, Top Moment

As luck would have it while on assignment in Los Angeles Actor Mark Margolis, and his wife Actress Jacqueline Margolis where staying in the same Studio City hotel. I recognised Mark in the lobby having a sneaky cigarette, and introduced myself, he was very approachable and chatty. Mark has starred in dozens & dozens of films, from 1492 to Hannibal, The Wrestler and of course Scarface.