Painting the Flame

I was commissioned to paint portraits  of Welsh Olympians and Paralympians by Phil Cope, who has created a multi-media exhibition Following the Flame detailing the history of Wales and the Olympics. We'll be touring across Wales over the next couple of years, sometimes together, sometimes separately, depending on the exhibition space. This month, Painting the Flame comes to Maesteg, while Following the Flame will be in Bridgend.

I've completed six portraits: Tanni Grey Thompson, Bernice Hooper, Simon Richardson, David Morgan, Tom James, David Roberts, and most recently, Dai Greene.

Currently I'm painting Nathan Stephens and Jamie Baulch. Nicola Tustain and Lynn Davies (Lynn the Leap) are next in line.

 I'll keep updating this site with details. I'm adding to my collection of athletes in the run-up to 2012, and the show will go to the National Library in Aberystwyth and Wrexham Arts Centre.

Dai Greene

400 metre hurdler and captain of the British Team

David Morgan

Weightlifter: current World Masters Champion and holder of five World Records

Tanni Grey-Thompson 

Eleven Paralympic Golds to her credit

Tom James 

Olympic Gold Medal Rower who won the recent World Cup in Munich 

Simon Richardson 

Cyclist who won two Golds in Beijing Paralympics

David Roberts 

Swimmer and eleven-times Parlympic Gold medal winner, equal with Tanni Grey-Thompson

Bernice Hooper 

Champion swimmer in the 1930s, whose Olympic ambitions were thwarted by the outbreak of World War Two