Les Matthews is a world renowned artist, based in the south west of the United Kingdom.
During a professional career that spans four decades he has been exhibited both in the UK and internationally.
His highly sought after paintings are prominently featured in many private and public collections throughout the world.

Mainly, a cityscape painter, his work explores cities around the world: From the far east to the middle east, from Europe to the United States. Although versatile in his use of mediums, his main output is through his use of oil paint, using exquisite layered detail, a technique reminiscent of the renaissance. Just some of the knowledge gained through his extensive training at the Royal College of Art and whilst studying to be a restorer at the National Gallery London, UK.

  EDUCATION
    Bristol Cathedral School
    Gloucestershire College of Art (B.A. 1st Hons.)
    Royal College of Art (M.A.)

  EXPERIENCE
    Lecturer and teacher (Head of Faculty) in schools and colleges
    Director, Matthews & Davies Fine Art Ltd, Cowbridge
    Conservation Department, National Gallery, London
    Illustrator and book illustrator: Commissions include Oxford University Press, Transworld, Corgi, Celtion

  EXHIBITIIONS - UK:-
  Numerous Mixed Shows including:
    Reeves & Co. and Reeves Bi-Centenary, London & UK Tour
    Young Contemporaries 21st Anniversary, Royal Academy, London
    Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, London
    Royal West of England Autumn Exhibitions, Bristol
    Flags & Other Projects, Arts Council, Royal Festival Hall, London
    Artists in Watercolour, Saunders & Bockingford, London
    First Athena Exhibition, British Watercolour Society
    Sunday Times & Singer Fried Lander, Mall Galleries, London
    Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Gallery and Hotbath Gallery, Bath
    Laing Collection, Bristol
  Shared and One Man Exhibitions including:
    Neville Gallery, Canterbury
    Bristol Arts Centre
    Thornbury Arts Festival (Featured Artist)
    Bristol Guild
    'Life in the City', Wills Art Warehouse, London
    Artists of Fame & Promise, Clifton Gallery, Bristol
    Partners Choice, Clifton Gallery, Bristol

  EXHIBITIIONS - Overseas
    Gallerie Bollahagen, Worpsweede, Germany and major German city tour
    International Arts, Tehran and major European city your
    British Artists, Art Moderne, Paris

  PRIZES
    Westward Television
    Galleries Magazine
    Andrew Brownsword

  MEDIA
    Plublications:-
      Galleries Magazine
      Art Review
      R.W.A. Pu blications
      Numerous magazine and newspaper articles
    Radio Interviews:-
      Wales
      Bristol
      London
      Australia
    Television Interviews and Programmes:-
      Cable
      HTV
      BBC West
      German

  COLLECTIONS
    Many important private and public collections within the UK and abroad, including:-
      City Museums
      National Trust Properties
      Universities
      The Museum of Modern Art, Canberra, Australia

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