Lincoln Townley | |
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Born | Lincoln Townley 27 December 1972 London, England |
Known for | PR, Contemporary art, painting |
Notable work | Hell collection, ICONS collection |
Movement | Outsider art |
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Lincoln Townley (born 27 December 1972) is an English self-taught painter [1] who explores the darker side of the human personality, painting abstract portraits of celebrities. [2] He lives in Cheshire and in London.
Before turning to art as a career in his 40s, Townley was a celebrity publicist and PR manager. [3]
From 2015 to 2017, Townley was artist in residence at Marriott Canary Wharf. [4] Townley's work has been featured in the Sir Hugh Casson room of The Royal Academy of Arts in 2015 and 2016. [5] He has been commissioned to paint the world's biggest icons by Mastercard [6] and commissioned by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles to paint celebrities in 2016 and 2017. His painting of boxer Muhammad Ali sold for $623,000 in 2017. [7]
Townley married Beverley Scales in 1992, with whom he has a son. [8] He married actress Denise Welch in 2013. He appeared as her dancing partner on Stepping Out on ITV in 2013 shortly after their marriage. [9]