Colin See-Paynton
Water colourist and wood engraver

COLIN SEE-PAYNTON RCA RE SWE

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

1983

Associate of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers and Engravers

1984

Member of the Society of Wood Engravers

1985, 1986

National Eisteddfod prize winner

1985, 1987

Humberside Printmakers exhibition prize winner

1986

Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers

1993

Fellow of the Royal Cambrian Academy

1998

RSPB/Society of Wildlife Artists’ prize winner

2004

Honorary Fellow Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1996-1999

The Incisive Eye”: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea; Bankside Gallery, London and touring Wales and England

1997,1999,2001,2003,2005

Silk Top Hat Gallery, Ludlow

2000

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge

2001

Museum of Modern Art in Wales, Machynlleth

2002

The Wetland Centre, London

2002

The Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy

2002

Nightingale Gallery, Lotherton Hall, Leeds

2004

National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

2006

“Air & Water” Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk

2006

“Air & Water” Compton Cassey Gallery, Nr Cheltenham

2006

“Air & Water” Silk Top Hat, Gallery, Ludlow

2007

“Air & Water” Works on Paper Fair, Royal Academy, London

2007

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” National Library Wales

2007

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk

2007

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” Wildlife Art Gallery, Lavenham

2008

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy

2008

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” Silk Top Hat Gallery, Ludlow

2008

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” Nature in Art, Twigworth, Gloucester

2008

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” Bankside Gallery, London

2008

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” Compton Cassey Gallery, Nr Cheltenham

2008

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” Shandy Hall, Coxwold, York

2008

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” West Wales Arts Centre, Fishguard

2008

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” Denbigh Museum

2008

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” Colwyn Bay Museum

2008

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” Buckley Museum

2008

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” National Museum Wales, Cardiff

2008

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet” Victoria Gallery, Bath

2009

'OF A FEATHER – An Avian Alphabet' Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, Cornwall.

2009

'OF A FEATHER – An Avian Alphabet' Wardown Park Museum, Luton.

2009

'OF A FEATHER – An Avian Alphabet' MOMA, Machynlleth.

2009

'LASTING IMPRESSIONS' Silk Top Hat Gallery, Ludlow .

2009

'OF A FEATHER – An Avian Alphabet' St Barbe Museum and Gallery, Lymington, Hampshire.

2009

'OF A FEATHER – An Avian Alphabet' Brook Gallery, Budleigh Salterton, Devon.


MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Annually since 1982

Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside,London

Annually since 1984

Society of Wood Engravers, Bankside Gallery London and UK

Annually since 1983
Since 1987

Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

1996, 2000

Federation of British Artists National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

1996, 1997

Twelve Wood Engravers touring exhibition

1996

Wood Engraving Here & Now, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford & Cork Street Gallery, London

1998

Serpentine Gallery, Barbican, London

1999

Welsh Impressions, St David’s Hall, Cardiff

2001

Nature from Wood, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath

2006

Affordable Art Fair, London

2006

New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey Winter Exhibition

2006

Guest Artist Society of Wildlife Artists Members Show The Mall Galleries, London

2007

Affordable Art Fair, Bristol

2007

Works on Paper Fair, Royal Academy, London

2008

Works on Paper Fair, Royal Academy, London

2008

Affordable Art Fair, London

2008

Affordable Art Fair, Bristol



BOOKS


1984

“Giraldus Cambrensis”: Gwasg Gregynog

1988

“The Book of Jonah”: Gwasg Gregynog

1996

“The Incisive Eye” Colin See-Paynton: Wood Engravings 1980-1996 Scolar Press

1998

“Pintores de la Naturaleza”: Birdlife International, Spain

1998

“Alaska Copper River Delta”: Riki Ott, University of Washington Press

1999

“Modern Wildlife Painting”: Nicholas Hammond, Pica Press

1999

“The Great Auk”: Errol Fuller

2000

“Geese at Gregynog”: Gerralt Jones, Gwasg Gregynog

2003

“Mature Forests – Artists for Nature in the Catalan Pyrenees

2004

“Waterlog”: Keith Harwood

2006

“Air & Water”: Colin See-Paynton Fish & Fowl Engravings 1984-2004 Medlar Press

2007

“Of a Feather – An Avian Alphabet”: Colin See-Paynton Stingwern Books

2008

“Of a Feather”: Gwasg Gregynog

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

V & A London: National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff: Freemantle Museum & Art Gallery, Australia: Central Museum & Art Gallery, Northampton: Bedford County Council: Berlin Graphothek: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: Belfast City Art Gallery: Museum of Modern Art in Wales: Swansea Museum & Art Gallery