DAWKINS, John

1949 - ?

John Dawkins was born at Southend-on-Sea, Essex in 1949, son of Henry Lawrence Dawkins (21 April 1919-2 July 1980) and his wife Jean B. née Jackson, who married at Rochford, Essex in 1947. Growing up near the Thames Estuary, influenced his work in terms of inspiration and subject matter. John studied at Southend School of Art, and although he wished to become an artist, needing to earn a regular income, he trained in graphic design, still pursuing his painting intent. A career in design and advertising in London being encouraged into management roles in his early thirties. He married in Southend in 1973, Margery Taylor, and had a young family to support, but recommenced painting, mostly for pleasure, in his spare time. He began exhibiting with the Royal Society of Marine Artists at the Mall Galleries in London, as well as along the south coast and in his then hometown of Southend. His work has diversified to include landscape, townscape and transport paintings and portraiture and he works in acrylics and oils, but also produces finished pencil drawings. He moved to Chediston, near Halesworth, Suffolk where he is a member of the Southwold Art Circle and has exhibited at Ipswich Town Hall Gallery; The Quay Gallery at Snape Maltings Galleries; The Little Gallery in Halesworth and elsewhere.
Website: https://www.johndawkins-artist.co.uk

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