Colin Joyce

Biography

Born in Sunderland, Co Durham in 1957, I have lived in Dunfermline, Fife since 2004. Having always had an interest in art since early school years, I studied art to A level and part time college. Never attended art school instead pursuing a career in Financial Services for 38 years, painting in my spare time. Took early retirement in 2013 to concentrate on painting full time. Mainly self-taught I have been fortunate to have studied with renowned oil painter Ken Howard RA OBE, also internationally known watercolourists Joseph Zbukvic and Alvaro Castagnet. British Society of Painters awarded me Companion of the International Guild of Artists (C.I.G.A) in 2004. Group Exhibitions British Society of Painters 2002, 2003, 2004 Prizewinner Patchings Exhibition 2007, 2008, 2011 Prizewinner Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh 2011, 2012 Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour Open Exhibition 2013 Hopetoun House April 2015 Represented by RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, Texas, USA