Hanging around Painting

MICHAEL YOUDS GRADUATED IN 2005 WITH A FIRST CLASS DEGREE IN FINE ART AND INTEGRATED MEDIA FROM LANCASTER UNIVERSITY WHERE HE WON THE AGNES ECCLES AWARD FOR THE MOST PROMISING ARTIST. HE IS NOW BASED IN EDINBURGH, WHERE HIS PAINTINGS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SELECTED FOR EXHIBITIONS AT THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY AND VISUAL ARTS SCOTLAND. HE HAS RECEIVED COMMISSIONS FROM MP JACK STRAW AND JOHN LEIGHTON, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND, FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED A HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARD FROM THE DE LASZLO FOUNDATION, AT THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS’ ANNUAL EXHIBITION IN LONDON. HE ALSO HAS PAINTINGS IN SEVERAL PRIVATE COLLECTIONS INCLUDING THE WALTER SCOTT INVESTMENT COMPANY’S ART COLLECTION. ……………………………………