* ANDREW HUNT,
FLIGHT (GEORGE)
oil on canvas board, signed
92cm x 61cm
Unframed, as intended.
Note: This exceptional painting was commissioned by IKEA with the intention that it would be sold at a charity auction with the proceeds being donated to Sheffield Children's Hospital. The child in the picture is "George" and the artist's title is "Flight". The vendor acquired the picture at the charity auction.
Note: ANDREW HUNT is widely regarded to be one of the UK's finest portrait painters. Born in Chester in 1973 Andrew grew up in North Wales and attended Bath Academy of Art in 1992 where he studied for a degree in graphic design and illustration. In 1996 he moved to Sheffield where he settled after discovering the city's industrial heritage provided rich settings and narratives for his figurative oil paintings. Selected Exhibitions 2015 Tiger Aspect commission for BBC drama 'Peaky Blinders', Portraits of the cast and consultancy on set. 2015 The Contemporary Art Gallery, Eton. Battersea AAF 2014 Solo Exhibition Cadogan Contemporary, London 2013- present Manchester Artzu Gallery Resident Exhibiter 2012 Olympics show Cadogan Contemporary. Usain Bolt portrait donated to the Jamaican High Commission 2012 30TH Anniversary Exhibition, Cadogan Contemporary, London 2012 Works on Paper, Cadogan Contemporary, London 2012 An Exhibition in Hampshire, Cadogan Contemporary, Winchester 2011 Andrew Hunt, Solo Exhibition, Porter Brook Gallery, Sheffield 2011 An Exhibition in Hampshire, Cadogan Contemporary, Winchester 2010 Andrew Hunt, Solo Exhibition, Porter Brook Gallery, Sheffield 2010 New Work, Solo Show at Cadogan Contemporary, London 2008 National Portrait Gallery, BP National Portrait Award Exhibition 2006 Sheffield to Tobago, Solo Show at Cadogan Contemporary, London 2004 Cadogan Contemporary, Solo Show 2003 Cadogan Contemporary, Summer Exhibition 2002 Cadogan Contemporary, Solo Exhibition 1996 Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, Bi-Annual Open 1995 National Portrait Gallery, BP National Portrait Award.