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Neil John Pittaway (Artist)

Neil John Pittawayis a painter/printmaker, who was born in Wakefield in 1973. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakershttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Painter-Printmakers as well as of the Royal Watercolour Society. Neil is an exhibiting member of Leeds Fine Artists.

Neil studied at Cheltenham School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. After spending a term at the University of Seville, he was inspired to take up printmaking and subsequently undertook a Masters in printmaking at the University of Bradford.

Much of Neil’s work is inspired by his love of heritage and travel. His etchings are grand in scale and collected all over the world, for example, his Chrysler Night View forms part of the Ashmoleun Museum Collection in Oxford.

His watercolours and paintings, combine landscape with rich cultural influences. His travel to Nepal inspired his paintings of the Himalayas and his workshops at the Bankside Gallery, on Why Artists Travel.