Name
Tony Osler – Committee member of the SEAW
What led you to start painting?
Having some sketches published in yachting mags
Do you have a preference for painting style? If so, can you describe it?
Speedy, under pressure!
Describe your perfect weekend
pottering about on my boat
A person who changed my life is:
ME! In the end you have to make life work for you!
If you could give your teenage self one piece of advice, what would it be?
Stop complaining and get on with it.
My favourite place to paint is (and why):
My hut down the garden. Not too hot or cold. No wind, no rain, no over the shoulder onlookers
Artists who inspire you:
Edward Seago, Laura Knight, and many others
The gallery I would always travel to visit is:
National Portrait Gallery
Your favourite colour to paint with?
Blues
Best piece of advice you were ever given about art
Paint what you know and love
Best piece of advice you were ever given about anything.
Do different!
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