NEIL MURISON R.W.A. (born
1930
“Tropical Beach”
Acrylic on Canvas. Signed. 13
5/8” x 18” IMAGE
“Evolution”
Acrylic on Canvas. Signed. 28”
x 32 ¼” IMAGE
“Channel Beach”
Acrylic on Canvas
Signed. 25” x 22” IMAGE
Neil Murison, painter and teacher, was born in Bath, Somerset and attended the West of
England College of Art in Bristol, where he settled. He taught at Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital School, Bristol (The Blue Coat School) for
nine years and was head of Foundation Studies at Bristol Polytechnic (now the
University of the West of England) until 1987.
He became a Member of the Royal West of England Academy in 1979, being
appointed Director of the Academy’s New Gallery in 2002. He had a long series of solo shows, including
Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford from 1963; Oxford Gallery
from 1970; and Park Street Gallery, Bristol from 1978. Later ones include Albany Gallery, Cardiff in 1991 and Toll House
Gallery, Cleveden in 2001. He has travelled widely in Europe, the Caribbean, Africa and the Far East and is well known for his
paintings which reflect his passion for the rainforest and a long standing love
affair with palm trees. He has exhibited
regularly since the 1960s and achieved early recognition with a series of
abstract paintings which were exhibited in successful one-man shows in Bristol,
London and Oxford, He has also exhibited
in Madeira, Germany, Cardiff, Clevedon, Tresco, France, Harrogate, Honiton and Sevenoaks
His works are in the collections of many corporate bodies, education
authorities, banks and private sector companies including the Bank of America,
London & Amsterdam; Oxford University; the Museum of Modern Art, Skopje;
Bath University; Nuffield Trust Paintings for Hospitals; Cardiff Music College;
Merchant Bank of Scotland; Contemporary Art Society of Wales; Wills Tobacco
Company; Government of Portugal; Trumans Breweries; Nara Machinery Limited,
Tokyo; Dong Kook Limited, Korea; the Royal West of England Academy and Bradford
and Bingley Building Society.
