George Frederick Thomas grew up in Gloucestershire. He attended Dean Close School, Cheltenham, and completed an Art Foundation at SGS College Stroud. At the age of 20 he enrolled at the London Atelier of Representational Art (LARA) 2014 – 2017 to study traditional painting and drawing techniques.

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George is also an accomplished martial artist and from the age of 14 he would train five evenings a week after school. He has competed at a semi-professional level in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) as well as competing at an amateur level in Kickboxing, Freestyle Wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Despite his success as an amateur fighter his passion for art led him to move to London at the age of 20 to further pursue his studies and career as an artist.

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He greatly enjoys painting from life and has travelled to various countries in Europe and South America to draw the people and paint new horizons, including climbing a flat top mountain on the Venezuelan-Brazilian border where he painted a watercolours using water collected from a mountain stream, painting in the snow in the Pyrenees Mountains and living with the Macuxi tribe in Northern Brazil and painting tribe members portraits. 

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In 2016 (whilst still a student) he won the Tuscany Plein-Air Scholarship.  He has also been featured with his artwork on Brazilian television.  He exhibits his work frequently in London and the south of England and has had his work exhibited in galleries in Chelsea, Belgravia and Mayfair. 

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CV

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1994 Born in Taunton, Somerset, UK. Currently lives and works in London 

 

 

Education

 

2014 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, SGS College Stroud

2014-2017 London Atelier of Representational Art (LARA)

 

 

Selected Exhibitions

 

2015 - 20th Anniversary Art Exhibition, BonBernard Gallery, Cheltenham

2016  Candid - Arts Summer Salon. London

2016, 2017 - Pintar Rapido, Old Town Hall Chelsea, London

2016, 2017 - Art in the City, Gloucester

2016 - Candid Arts, ‘The Nude’, London 

2017 - Chelsea Arts Society 70th Exhibition, Old Town Hall Chelsea, London

2017 - 2018 Guggleton Gallery Christmas Exhibition, Dorset

2018 - Osborne Studio Gallery, Belgravia, London

2019 - Summer Art Show 50 Brook Street, Mayfair, London

2019 - 'Out Of The Shadows' 54 The Gallery, Mayfair, London 

2020 - Raw Umber: In Real Life - Raw Umber Studios Stroud

 

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Solo Exhibitions

 

2017 - Beyond the Gates, BonBernard Gallery, Cheltenham

2022 - Viva Brazil, Embassy of Brazil, London

 

 

Selected Awards/Grants

 

2016 - Tuscany Plein-Air Scholarship

2019 - Art In The City Gloucester 2nd Prize

2020 - ARC International Salon Semi-Finalist

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