The Yellow Flag, oil on canvas 66" x 44"

Bon Nicolson has always worked privately, only exhibiting under pressure, so that pieces in this show will be new to most. Many of his paintings have personal themes and rely heavily on memory. His works contain clearly comprehensible images, unaffected by contemporary trends, yet their relationships can be mysterious and evocative.

Sometimes contemplative or jubilant, sometimes lyrical or severe. Because of the detail and the techniques employed they may take six months to complete.

Biography

Degree Course in Fine Art, University of Durham, under Prof.Lawrence Gowing and Roger de Grey (later PRA)

Exhibition Wakefield Gallery. Travelling Scholarship.

Exhibition Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Honours, Fine Art, Durham University

Exhibition, Piccadilly Gallery, London

Teaching, salisbury, S Rhodesia

Worcester Art Advisory Comimittee

Art Examiner to University of London

Goldsmith Travelling Scholarship to study Islamic architecture

Exhibition Royal Institute London. Several works selected for travelling exhibition 'British Watercolour Painters'

Director of Art, Berkeley institute, Bermuda

Exhibitions in Hamilton Galleries

Mexico, study of Pre-Columbian art

Director of Art, Rugby School

Art Examiner to OXford and Cambridge

Exhibition Burlington Gallery, London