Neil Faulkner (painter)

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Neil Faulkner (born 1962) is a British realist painter. He lives and works in the United Kingdom, and exhibits his paintings at many galleries throughout the UK and Ireland.
The majority of Neil’s paintings are watercolours, although he also produces oil paintings. His watercolours fall into the categories figurative and still life. He is best known for his rustic still life paintings.
Typical subjects of Neil’s paintings are flowers, fruits, furniture, pottery, crockery and diverse everyday objects. The exploration of light and shade is central to Faulkner’s art. In his paintings light flows through windows and doors and falls on objects, endowing them with vibrancy and vividness of colour.
As a young man Neil Faulkner got acquainted with the works of the American realist painter Andrew Wyeth at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Since then Wyeth has been a constant inspiration to Faulkner, and he has travelled to the States to see more paintings by Wyeth.
For many years Neil has worked for Royal Doulton, a famous English tableware company, producing designs and paintings for their porcelain.
Neil was responsible for the artwork commemorating the 100th birthday of Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

[edit] Paintings

Next Door's Apples	Gladioli	Chrysanths	The Garden Shed
The Potting Shed	Lemons and Honesty	The Wardrobe	The Blue Kettle
The Art Dealer	The Missing Sock	Picnic Bench	Red Sandals
Door Stop	Eleven Pears	Venetian Doorway	Cut Daffodils in a Potting Shed
Forgotten Hydranger	Eleven Lemons	Apples in an Olive Bowl	Leggy Daisies
Allotment Dahlias	Summer, Light and Shade, Spain