John Atkinson worked in the design industry for 37 years, but in early 2000's John decided to leave London and move to Norfolk and concentrate on drawing and painting.
In 2004 and 2005 he won the SAA Artist of the Year for best Waterscape, Boats and Landscape Category, exhibited at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London, and in September 2006, he won the Eastern Daily Press "Budding Artist" of the year competition. A solo exhibition followed in 2007 at the Picturecraft Gallery, Holt and in the same year won the SAA Artist of the Year 2008 for portrait and figure painting. John exhibits annually at the Contemporary British Art Exhibition, held at the Millinery Works Gallery, Islington, London.
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