Mike Bernard RI

Price range: £800 - £4850

Featuring his latest compositions of bustling Italian towns and markets, together with his favourite fishing harbours and coastal scenes of Cornwall. Mike’s paintings, in mixed media with collage in his familiar style, are accompanied by scenes of Bath in pen and wash.

Mike Bernard’s distinctive style makes him one of the country’s most respected contemporary landscape painters, for which he has won many prestigious awards. Born in 1957, he trained at the West Surrey College of Art and Design, followed by postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy Schools. He has exhibited widely in London and throughout the UK, including the Royal Institute of Painters - where he was elected a member in 1997 – the Mall Galleries, the Royal Academy Summer Show and leading galleries nationwide.

Painting almost exclusively in mixed media, combining collage, acrylics and pastel, he initially creates multi-layered ‘textural happy accidents’. From this point he selectively adds details or rejects elements, but always leaves the integrity of the view intact “retaining a semi-abstract, impressionistic feel, inviting the viewer’s imagination”.

Mike’s trademarks are his bold use of colour, fine detail and clever deployment of collage, combined with a keen eye for perspective. These qualities have earned him a loyal following of collectors nationwide and many awards including the Lanseer Prize, British Institute Prize (both Royal Academy), and the Ranelagh Press Award RI.