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About The Artist |
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Born in 1985, Will Rochfort
grew up in Lymington on the south coast of England
and, apart from his time studying Illustration and
Fine Art at Kingston University, he has lived
there all his life. Since graduating in 2008 his
focus has been primarily oil painting |
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Will’s main reason for
becoming an artist is from a passion for
creativity. “There is rarely any strong meaning or
message behind my work – narrative takes a large
role because I like the work to be emotive through
what is being portrayed, but creativity is the
driving force behind all of my paintings” |
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From 2008 to 2010 Will
Rochfort worked as an Official Artist for the
upcoming 2012 London Olympics, working with
Olympic Gold Medalists producing paintings in
support of the Games and its associated charities. |
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As well as completing
several portrait commissions Will Rochfort is
always searching for new ideas for paintings and
usually finds this in books or in the cinema. With
influences ranging from Degas to Rockwell to the
films of Steven Spielberg, it is narrative that
really interests Rochfort and he aims to always
have a story in his work. “I am a very visual
painter and with the public being my target
audience over the art establishment I always aim
to depict scenes that, through the characters
portrayed, I hope people can relate to and enjoy” |
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• 2004 - 2005 |
Foundation Course in the Arts at Bournemouth
Arts Institute. |
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• 2005 – 2006 |
Completed a year studying Illustration at
Kingston University before changing to Fine
Art. |
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• July 2006
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First
Exhibition of my work at the New Forest Show
with Lloyds TSB Private Banking. |
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• October 2006 |
Displayed at Christies South Kensington in
aid of The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy. |
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• January 2008 |
Exhibition at the Fountain Gallery in
Hampton. |
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• February 2008 |
Appeared in the Fine Art Trade Guild
magazine ‘Art Business Today’ |
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• May 2008 |
Appeared in Artist and Illustrators
magazine. |
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• June 2008 |
Final
Degree Show at Kingston University. |
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• July 2008 |
Producing work for the Henley Rowing
Regatta. |
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• July 2008 |
3rd
Prize in Artist and Illustrators ‘Artist of
the Year’ competition |
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• July 2008 |
Exhibiting at ‘Art in Action’ |
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• August 2008 |
Producing work for The Edinburgh Festival |
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