Jeremy Sutton

I am inspired by the masterful use of color of Claude Monet, Henri Matisse and André Derain; by the fearless intensity of experimentation and the simplicity of line of of Pablo Picasso; by the expressive brush work of Vincent van Gogh, John Singer Sargent and Joaquin Sorolla; the strong tonal values of Rembrandt; and by the colorful joie de vivre of LeRoy Neiman.

I work across multiple media, blending the beauty, quality and texture of analog media with the spontaneity, power and versatility of digital art tools in creating expressive contemporary portraiture.

I’m originally from London and have now made San Francisco my home. My journey of making art started with drawing from imagination as a child which developed into a passion for drawing portraits and figures from life. I studied life drawing, sculpture and etching at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, U.K., while earning a degree in Physics from Pembroke College, Oxford University. I then studied lithography and life drawing at the Vrije Academie, The Hague, The Netherlands, before moving to the heart of Silicon Valley, California, in 1988. I was first introduced to using the computer as a fine art tool in 1991, and have been exploring the digital art med...

1985 – 88 Lithography and Life Drawing, Vrije Academie, The Hague, The Netherlands
1982 MA Oxon (Physics), Pembroke College, Oxford University, UK
1979 – 82 Life Drawing, Sculpture and Print-Making, Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art, Oxford University, UK (extra-curricula classes)

Selected One Person Exhibitions

2014 “Silicon Valley Series”, San Jose Marriott Hotel, San Jose, CA
2014 “Portraits” Palm Beach Photographic Centre, West Palm Beach, FL
2014 “Endless Dance”, Embarcadero Conference Center, San Francisco, CA
2013 “Portrait of the Master”, Pembroke College, Oxford University, UK
2006 “San Francisco Bay Area Women of Style”, Nordstrom, San Francisco, CA
2005 “Legendary Mayors of San Francisco”, Chenery Mansion, San Francisco, CA
2005 “Groovin’”, DeKroon Salon, San Francisco, CA
2005 “Got Soul”, Mason Street, San Francisco, CA
2005 “Move to the Groove”, ArtSFest, San Francisco, CA
1989 “Faces”, Gordon Biersch, Palo Alto, CA

Public Art Commissions

2014 “Silicon Valley Series”, permanent installation of series of eight artworks in the San Jose Marriott Hotel, San Jose, CA
2011 “Classic San Francisco”, Large Heart commissioned by the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, installed on Union Square, San Francisco, CA, purchased by Visa Corporation and now installed in Visa headquarters, Foster City, CA.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014 “Paint by Pixels”, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY
2014 “Mobile Digital Art Exhibition”, Mobile Digital Art & Creativity Summit, P...