Alastair Adams
Alastair Adams |
|---|
Alastair Adams (born 1969 in Kingston Upon Thames) is an English artist best known for portraiture. He lives and works in Rutland.[1]
Life and work[edit]
Alastair studied painting at Hugh Baird College, Bootle and also at De Montfort University graduating in 1992. He was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters[2] in 2002, became Treasurer in 2005 and President in 2008. Between 2002 and 2017 he held a research based post, lecturing in Illustration at Loughborough University.[3]
Alastair's work can be found in numerous public and private collections, including a portrait of ex Prime Minister, Sir Tony Blair for the National Portrait Gallery,[4] London and Princeton University Art Museum.[5] He has donated 3 works of art to the People's Portrait Collection housed at Girton College, Cambridge.[6] In 2020 Alastair joined a number of artists who pledged via social media to paint portraits of nominated NHS key workers for the Portraits for NHS Heroes[7] art project during the Covid pandemic. He is a Trustee of the Federation of British Artists.[8]
Notable portraits[edit]
Since 2015, Alastair has been commissioned to paint a number of portraits for Yale University, New Haven, USA including two portraits of Chief Investment Officer David Swensen,[9][10] and posthumous works of Carolyn Slayman[11] and Dorothy Horstmann.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Art of Portrait Painting". Friends of Rutland County Museum & Oakham Castle. 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Alastair Adams PPRP". The Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "January | Media Centre | Loughborough University". www.lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ Brown, Mark; correspondent, arts (2013-12-20). "Tony Blair portrait unveiled at National Portrait Gallery". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Portraits of distinguished Princetonians Ruth Simmons and Elaine Fuchs unveiled". Department of African American Studies. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "People's Portraits". Girton College. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ Paskett, Zoe (2020-04-22). "Artists are painting free portraits of NHS workers to say thank you". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Alastair Adams PPRP". Mall Galleries. 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ Fabrikant, Geraldine (2016-11-05). "The Money Management Gospel of Yale's Endowment Guru". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Yale's Strategy". Yale Investments Office. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "London artist paints powerful portraits of YSM luminaries". medicine.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Horstmann portrait headlines opening of Aperture 2". medicine.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ Pilditch, David (2014-05-05). "Tony Blair puts a Loyalist painting on his wall". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Nick Frost, Actor, Screenwriter, Producer and Author | Alastair Adams Mall Galleries". Mall Galleries. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Bruce Robinson, writer and director - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-27.