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Tony was born in Blackpool. He went to Liverpool College of Art during its golden years, from 1967-71. After completing full time studies he went on to teach printmaking at Gloucestershire College of Art & Design then became head of an Art and Design Foundation course on Merseyside, at the same time working as a successful illustrator with major publishers specialising in children's books.
In 1996, he left teaching to concentrate on figurative painting and explores his interest in creating images of visual complexity with abstract and textural qualities.
Tony is a gallery artist at Troubadour Gallery Manchester, and a member of the Chelsea Arts Club.
Exhibitions
- Singer & Freidlander / Sunday Times Water Colour Competition 2004 and 2005 Mall Galleries SW1
- Garrick Milne Prize 2003 and 2005 Christies
- European Illustration Exhibition National Theatre
- The Children's Book Exhibition Guildhall EC2
- Artwork Auction Christies SW7
- Benson & Hedges Illustrators Gold Exhibition Five Dials Gallery WC2
- Prints & Drawings Cockpit Theatre Gallery NW8
- Meccanorma Illustrators Silver Awards Smiths Gallery WC2
- Growing Up with Art - prints & drawings Thumb Gallery W1
- Influences - drawings Bluecoat Gallery Liverpool
- Group Show - drawings Bluecoat Gallery Liverpool
- Double Images - prints & drawings Thumb Gallery W1
- Exhibition of prints & drawings Falmouth School of Art
- The Doomsday Project - included on a BBC Video Disc devoted to British Contemporary Illustration
Association of Illustrators Exhibitions- Five Dials Gallery WC2
- Thumb Gallery W1
- Smiths Gallery WC2
- Reed House W1
- Association of Illustrators Gallery W1
Published Work
- Walker Books
- Oxford University Press
- Collins
- Methuen
- Tessloff (Germany)
- Grund (France)
- Blackie
- Macmillian
- David Bennett Books
- Mallard Press
- Early Learning Centre
- Candlewick Press
- Kaye & Ward
- Heinemann
- Parent & Child-Octopus
- Mothercare
- Julia Macrae Books
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