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RUPERT CORDEUX

About

I paint because I cannot help myself from painting. Unfortunately, I, like billions of others, have to earn a living and I do it by selling my paintings. I miss them for a while, but then I move on and become absorbed in the next one and everything is fine again. I will not be beaten by this recession: I will sell my paintings at a price I think people are prepared to pay for them. At the moment that seems to be quite low. But I am a pragmatist: If I don't eat, I will drop dead.

Work

I combine my obsession for painting with trudging through the countryside of Warwickshire or poking around in our sublime, little churches ( Warwickshire is smack bang in the middle of England )I paint in all weathers and in all seasons. Sometimes, the watercolours freeze on the palette and on the paper. … Read More

Education

My formal education played absolutely no part whatsoever in my love for painting so I shall not bore you with a list of meaningless qualifications. My father gave me the genes for painting and he encouraged me to really look at things and express my understanding of them through that medium. … Read More