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Tom Coates Hon PS PPNEAC PPRBA RP

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The Bathers

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Tom Coates Hon PS PPNEAC PPRBA RP
Pastel
41 x 61 cm
£750
Related exhibition:
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2021

The Kitchen Table

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Tom Coates Hon PS PPNEAC PPRBA RP
Oil
56 x 66 cm
£3,000
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
26 November 2020

Lake Passe below Mont Blanc

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Tom Coates Hon PS PPNEAC PPRBA RP
Oil
35.5 x 40.5 cm
£1,250
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
26 November 2020

Mary in Egypt

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Tom Coates Hon PS PPNEAC PPRBA RP
Oil
102 x 122 cm
£10,000
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
26 November 2020

Studio Courtyard

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Tom Coates Hon PS PPNEAC PPRBA RP
Oil
107 x 122 cm
£8,000
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
26 November 2020

The Curator

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Tom Coates Hon PS PPNEAC PPRBA RP
Oil
76 x 102 (97 x 122 cm framed)
£5,000
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
30 September 2020

The Girl with the Gentle Smile

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Tom Coates Hon PS PPNEAC PPRBA RP
Oil
61 x 51 (81 x 97 cm framed)
£5,000
Related exhibition:
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2020
Available for collection: 
30 September 2020

Resting in the Studio

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Tom Coates Hon PS PPNEAC PPRBA RP
Oil
46 x 66 cm
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2019
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About Tom Coates Hon PS PPNEAC PPRBA RP

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Artist details

Artist's Statement

As described by his close friend and associate, David Wolfers of the New Grafton Gallery, “Tom paints with a sense of urgency and has a natural ability to express what he sees on canvas. He is a prolific painter for whom technique is second nature.”

Tom emphasises the use of good draughtsmanship, he always has a sketch book and his specially designed Pochard Box to hand for his oils, wherever he maybe.

Method of Working

Tom uses all materials and work instinctively with whatever he feels will produce the best results for the image that he is working on. He uses all kinds of brushes and tools, and sometimes work with my fingers to literally ‘draw with paint’. Tom's library of old sketchbooks acts as a constant point of reference and he always draws from life. Using these quick, loose images he begins marking out a larger image once in the studio. He doesn't believe that photographs capture a real moment and as a result he does not use them to remind me of a subject. All his preliminary sketches and memories are real enough and they represent him as the artist, capturing the moment.

Biographical Details

1941   Born Aston, Birmingham

1956 to 1959   Bourneville College of Art

1959 to 1961   Birmingham College of Art

1961 to 1964   Won a scholarship to The Royal Academy Schools

Society Memberships

New English Art Club
The Pastel Society
Royal Society of British Artists
Royal Society of Portrait Painters

Other Society Memberships

Royal West of England Academy

Scholarships, Awards, Prizes

2007   The Ondaatje Gold Medal Prize, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters

2003   The Minto Award, New English Art Club Annual Open Exhibition

2000  The Prince of Wales Drawing Award, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition

1988  Singer Freidlander & Sunday Times First Water Colour Prize

1987   The Painter Stainers Prize

1987   The NEAC Critics Prize, New English Art Club Annual Open Exhibition

1984   De lazo Medal Winner, Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition

1984   Gold Medal de Honour, The French Pastel Society

Exhibitions

Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition 2019
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2018
Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition 2018
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2018
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2017
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2017
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2017
New English Art Club Annual Open Exhibition 2016
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2016
New English Art Club Annual Open Exhibition 2015
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2015
Look Again @ The Pastel Society
New English Art Club Annual Open Exhibition 2014

Other exhibitions

1988/89/91/93/95/97/99/2001/03 New Grafton Gallery

Mall Galleries, London

Royal Society of Birmingham Artists Gallery

Hallam Gallery, Sheen

1980- Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions

Falmouth Art Gallery

Birmingham Museum

Southhampton Art Gallery

Suffolk Street Gallery

Gate Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Royal West of England Academy

Publications

Tom Coates Self portraits

Royal Watercolour Society 

Selection of DVD’s for AVP films, Oils, Watercolours and Pastel demonstrations .

Commissions

Price guide

Oil

20 x 16 inches: 
£3,500
24 x 20 inches: 
£4,500
30 x 25 inches: 
£6,500
36 x 28 inches: 
£7,500
40 x 30 inches: 
£9,500
50 x 40 inches: 
From £11,000
60 x 40 inches: 
By negotiation

Watercolour

20 x 16 inches: 
£1,500
24 x 20 inches: 
£2,000
30 x 25 inches: 
£2,500
36 x 28 inches: 
£4,000

Pastel

20 x 16 inches: 
£1,500
24 x 20 inches: 
£2,000
30 x 25 inches: 
£2,500
36 x 28 inches: 
£4,000

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