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The Bookplate Society,

Thanks to my various bookplate commissions, I am now in the hallowed halls of the Bookplate Society list of artists!

The International Federation of Ex-libris Societies (FISAE)

Bookplates are collected worldwide.

The National Gallery,

Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN:
see the original Titian "Bacchus and Ariadne",
and a second Boucher that contains the same water-mill as the Musée de Louvre example that I copied.
e-mail them for information .

National Portrait Gallery,

St Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE
a thousand years of portraits and the venue for the annual BP Portrait Award.

Tate Britain,

Millbank, London SW1P 4RG
see the George Romney original "Jacob Morland of Capplethwaite" 1763,
in the General Collections: www.tate.org.uk/collections/.

The Wallace Collection,

affectionately known as "London's best kept secret", this is far and away the best collection of 19th connoiseurship. An absolutely sublime display of the finest artworks, including paintings, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, arms and armour. I cannot recommend this place highly enough. Go.

The Victoria and Albert Museum,

Situated in Kensington, London:
holds the original William Hamilton cartoons, as well as the most superb collection of all things decorative.

JW Bollom & Co. Ltd.,

The makers of the "Brotec Anti-Grafitti Paint" system I have been using;
PO Box 78, Croydon Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4BL. UK
Tel: 020-8658-2299, fax: 020-8658-8672.

Windsor Contemporary Art Fair

The fourth Windsor Contemporary Art Fair will be held on 7th - 9th November 2008
at Royal Windsor Racecourse.
I will have a stall there.
web: www.windsorcontemporaryartfair.co.uk

BP Portrait Award

The world's foremost portrait competition.
web: www.npg.org.uk/bp

The Threadneedle Figurative Prize

A "Turner Prize" for figurative works, held at the Mall Galleries, London.
web: www.threadneedlefigurativeprize.com

Mall Galleries

Home to various Royal Societies of painters.
web: www.mallgalleries.org.uk

Patrick Woodroffe.

Patrick Woodroffe had a book out in 1986, called "A Closer Look". He descibes many methods and mediums and was a siginificant starting point for my learning to paint. Plus he is a genius.
web: www.patrickwoodroffe-world.com