JOHN KINGSLEY DA PAI
Title: Gigondas and the Dentelles
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 24 x 24 inches. Signed
John Kingsley was born in Glasgow and studied drawing and painting at The Glasgow School of Art from 1973 - 1977.
He has held One Man Shows from 1987 both in Scotland and England and exhibited in selected group Shows at The Royal Scottish Academy, The Royal Glasgow Institute, The Royal Scottish Society for Painters in Watercolour and The Paisley Art Institute.
Awards and Competitions:
1991 William Bowie Landscape Prize, The Paisley Art Institute
1992 2001 Mary Armour Award, The Paisley Art Institute.
1996 High Commended, Hunting Art Prizes, London.
1998 Arnold Clark Prize, The Paisley Art Institute.
1999 Awarded the Diploma of The Paisley Art Institute.
1989, 1993, 1996 and 2000
Finalist, Hunting Art Prizes, London.
Works in Collections:
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
The Paisley Museum and Art Gallery
Argyle and Bute District Council
Albert Fisher, plc
Sara Lee UK
Glenisla Group
Works in Private Collections:
Britain, France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Sweden, Lebanon, Australia, Canada and USA.
Bibliography:
'Scottish Painters, 1600 to the Present' by Paul Harris and Julian Halsby, pp117.
