Sam Dalby - Portraits and Original Art

I am an artist living and working in Settle, North Yorkshire. I attended Harrogate College of Arts and Technology and Cleveland College of Art and Design.

After graduating, I began to educate myself in the traditional artistic techniques that I felt I had not been taught, starting with the fundamentals of draughtsmanship. I painted my first tentative portraits in 1998, and my first commissions in 2002. Since then I have established a firm reputation as a portrait artist.

I like to work from life wherever possible, building my understanding of the sitter through preliminary sketches. I feel that drawn and painted portraits have an interpretive aspect and an engagement with the sitter that other methods can struggle to replicate. This is why I feel that this type of portraiture has continuing relevance and appeal.

I have exhibited in joint shows at the Linton Court Gallery, the Spiral Gallery, and the Museum of North Craven Life, and group shows, including the 2003 BP Portrait Award, and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

In 2009, I was shortlisted for the 2009 Bulldog Bursary, receiving mentoring from members of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

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