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Geoff Hunt PPRSMA

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"Spoke Leander...." (from the Logbook of Thermopylae, 3rd August 1869)

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Geoff Hunt PPRSMA
Oil
46 x 68 (58 x 81 cm framed)
£12,000
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
15 October 2020

HMS Berbice off Guadeloupe 2nd May 1794 (Lieutenant Lapenotière's First Command)

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Geoff Hunt PPRSMA
Oil
46 x 58 (58 x 81 cm framed)
£12,000
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
9 September 2020

Coming in with the Tide: from Fort Victoria, Isle of Wight

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Geoff Hunt PPRSMA
Oil
32 x 50 (45 x 63 cm framed)
£2,250
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
15 October 2020

HMS Berbice off Guadeloupe: working sketch

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Geoff Hunt PPRSMA
Watercolour
16 x 24 (36 x 44 cm framed)
£675
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
15 October 2020

"A sorts of snow" - HM Brig Sophie off Cape Mola, Minorca

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Geoff Hunt PPRSMA
Oil
62 x 83 cm
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2019

"Dispatched the schooner Pickle . . . " Off Trafalgar, 26 October 1805

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Geoff Hunt PPRSMA
Oil
62 x 83 cm
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2019

Golden Hinde in Dock (Field Sketch)

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Geoff Hunt PPRSMA
Acrylic
52 x 52 cm
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2019

Queenborough Town Quay

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Geoff Hunt PPRSMA
Watercolour
43 x 51 cm
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2019
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About Geoff Hunt PPRSMA

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Artist details

Method of Working

Most of Geoff's studio work, consisting of historical or contemporary marine subjects, is in oil on linen canvas. These can be large paintings; in 2015 he completed a view of Hong Kong Harbour in 1849 which measured 55 x 85 inches, over 32 square feet. A more usual size is around 20 x 30 inches or 24 x 36.

They can take many weeks or even months to paint,  though sometimes the preliminary research process is also lengthy - to take an extreme example, Geoff conducted 113 hours of research before he even picked up a brush for his reconstruction of Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose.

Geoff has a waiting list for commissioned studio pieces, usually from eighteen months to two years. So he is generally working on one painting but at the same time he has in mind four or five other pieces at different stages; he is a great believer in the maturing process, researching a subject and then letting ideas ferment at the subconscious level for a lengthy period.

In recent years he has returned to watercolour for plein-air painting, a great contrast with his studio painting in medium, subject, and time spent! He usually paints with the Wapping Group of Artists, so the subject-matter is Thames-side, the estuary, and London in general.

Biographical Details

1948 Born on 11 March in Twickenham, London

1966-70 Studied Graphic Design at Kingston and Epsom Schools of Art

1977 First exhibited with the Royal Society of Marine Artists

1989 Elected a Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists

1992-98 Elected an Honorary Treasurer of the Royal Society Marine Artists

1994-96 Appointed Chairman of the Royal Society of Marine Artists Publishing Committees

1998-2003 Elected Vice President Royal Society of Marine Artists

2003 Elected a Member of the Wapping Group of Artists

2003-08 President of the Royal Society of Marine Artists

Society Memberships

Royal Society of Marine Artists

Other Society Memberships

Wapping Group of Artists

Scholarships, Awards, Prizes

Prizewinner, Best Painting of the Champagne Mumm Admiral’s Cup, 1991

Award of Excellence, 22nd Annual International Marine Art Exhibition for ‘Dispatches for Admiral Thornton’

Conway Age of Sail Award, 2002

Shipwright’s Award, 2004

Rudolph J. Schaefer Maritime Heritage Award for ‘Ranger Bound for France’, 2005

Rudolph J Schaefer Maritime Heritage Award for ‘Sir George Collier’s Squadron in Penobscot Bay’, 2007

Exhibitions

Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2016
London and its River
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2015

Other exhibitions

Permanent Collections:

Royal Society of Marine Artists Diploma Collection

Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth

Royal Naval Submarine Museum, Gosport

HMS Neptune, Faslane

The Mariner’s Museum, Newport News

Mystic Seaport Museum, Connecticut

Publications

‘The Sea Painter's World, The New Marine Art of Geoff Hunt 2003-2010' by Geoff Hunt, Conway Maritime Press, 2011

The Frigate Surprise, by Geoff Hunt and Brian Lavery, Conway Maritime Press, 2008

The Wapping Group of Artists, Seafarer Books, 2005 (contributor and editor)

The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt, Conway Maritime Press, 2004 (reprinted in 2008)

The Tall Ship in Art: the Work of Five Leading British Marine Artists, Blandford, 1998 (reprinted 2005)

A Celebration of Marine Art: Fifty Years of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, Blandford, 1996

A Celebration of Marine Art: Sixty Years of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, Bounty Books, 2005

The Sea Painter's World, by Geoff Hunt,  Conway Anova Books, 2011

A year in watercolour with Geoff Hunt, monthly diary, The Artist, 2014

Geoff Hunt's watercolour diary, monthly diary, The Artist, 2015

Geoff Hunt - Painting in the Studio, SEA-TV, USA (DVD), 2005

Geoff Hunt, Portrait of a Marine Artist, SEA-TV, USA (DVD), 2004

Commissions

Commissions

Approach to Commissions: 

Geoff largely receives commisssions for historical vessels as this is his speciailist area. Clients often approach Geoff with a subject in mind but grant him a certain degree of freedom in carrying out their brief. While there is currently an eighteen month waiting list on commissioned pieces, the artist is always happy to discuss future commissions with clients who are happy to wait. Once begun, projects (especially larger projects) can take between several weeks to several months to complete.

Subject-matter includes historical vessels, the Thames-side, the estuary, and London in general. Commissions process is usually very lengthy, there is a waiting list from 18 months - 2 years and large paintings can take several weeks or months to complete.

Notable Commissions: 

The American Club Hong Kong

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