BIOGRAPHY of GARY WALTON

My name is Gary Walton and I have always had a passion for art.

Even in my early school days, I was very talented with my painting skills.

I would like to say that in my earlier days at school, Salvador Dali was the artist who really inspired me with his surrealist images; I personally felt that his work was unique and stylized; he seemed to stand out from all the other artists.

I later began to take this art thing a little more seriously in my mature years.

I'd been painting pictures for a while now but never really had a style I could really call my own, I seemed to class myself as run of the mill which was ok but I wanted to be different.

I started to look deep inside myself to create my own style. Frustration was a big factor knowing that if I wanted to be different it was not going to be easy. My colour scheme needed attention too.

It did not happen right away, I had sketched ideas to help represent my new work repeatedly, until my creation was born and I was happy of what I had created and hope people would like.

Once I was happy with what I had painted, I then had to put this into practice.

It was a success and you can see today what I have created in my images.

A sort of whimsical, romantic, happy and almost graphic style is how I would describe my work. I love my own work which makes me very happy.

I am now currently looking forward to promoting my work in the USA for licensing products for a global market.

Please browse my website at www.garywaltondesigns.co.uk or contact me on enquiries@garywaltondesigns.co.uk .

I hope you like and enjoy looking at my work and may I thank you all for your time and interest.

Gary Walton

PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:

2002 Designed a range of giclee prints on occupations called “OPPUSOCCASIO”

2002-2003 Exhibited and sales at Worcester skills on show- 14,000 visitors in a 2 day

event.

2003 Exhibited and sales at Worcester Victorian Christmas fair -100,000 visitors in 3 day event.

2003 Had a working studio at the Jinney Ring centre, Handbury. Droitwich.

2004 Designed artwork with logo for company Director at Beiersdorf, (Nivea) Germany .

2004 Entered national art competition sponsored by DeMontfort Fine Art, awarded 1st prize at NEC Birmingham with a 2 year publishing contract with global recognition

2004 Email from Yves Vincent , Spanish guitar player and songwriter enquiring about a new image for his new album cover. San- Diego . America .

2004-2006 Contract signed with Demontfort Fine Art, Lichfield , producing watercolours for conversion into limited edition prints and sculptures with a worldwide market.

2007 Successfully got a place at the 2008 Javits Convention Centre Brand Licensing show, New York to exhibit and show my artwork.

EXHIBITIONS:

National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham 2004

New Exhibitions:

New York 2008

Hong Kong 2009

DONATIONS:

1999- Donated original artwork for Stanley Bevan for cancer treatment.

2000- donated original artwork for Stanley Bevan for cancer research.

2001- donated original artwork to Charlie Stevens (aged 5) for the Jessie May trust

for the American drug Tremedol costing £2500 a month.

2004- designed and donated artwork Marie Curie fund via DeMontfort Fine Art for

the Daffodil trust.

2007 Currently working on a large watercolour for St Richards 's hospice, Worcester for their reception area. Chief Director Mark Jackson .

INTERESTS AND HOBBIES:

I like to spend as much time with my family, walking the dog through the local woods

where I live.

I enjoy cooking and experimenting with different foods and textures.

I love listening to music in my studio whilst painting.

I love a glass of red wine in the evening whilst relaxing.