Ben Payne

Ben has been painting professionally for over twenty years. He is largely self-taught, although his late mother was a skilled artist and she taught him a lot about observation and draftsmanship. He currently works from his studio near the south coast, when he's not travelling the length and breadth of the UK (and beyond) for fresh inspiration. He was always drawn to the sea and while he has enjoyed the different challenge of landscape painting, standing on a beach, under a far-reaching sky is the ultimate escapism