Cecil Rice
Born in 1961, Cecil Rice has lived in Brighton since 1974 and studied painting at the Brighton College of Art. Cecil is well known for his evocative paintings of shoreline subjects and architecture. He has a passion for Italy, especially Venice, and travel has been an important inspiration behind much of his painting to date. Recent painting trips have taken him to Granada, Marrakesh and India.Cecil's work is sought after by corporate and international clients. Limited edition screen prints of his work can be found in London and New York galleries. His work is exhibited regularly in galleries in the UK and abroad.
EXHIBITIONS
1996
The Sussex Open
The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.
1997
Brighton Art Festival
Ropner Gallery, Fulham, London. (solo show)
1998
Brighton Art Festival
Red Dot Gallery, Wandsworth, London.
Group exhibition, Gallery 28, Cork Street, London.
1999
Brighton Art Festival
Tisch Beere Gallery, Cardiff.
Red Dot Gallery, Wandsworth, London. (solo show)
Group Exhibition 'Venice in Peril'. Patterson Gallery, London
Battersea Art Fair, Battersea Arts Centre, London.
2000
Brighton Art Festival
Red Dot Gallery, Wandsworth, London (solo)
2001
Brighton Art Festival
Red Dot Gallery, Wandsworth, London (solo)
2002
Gallery 27, Cork Street, London (solo)
Brighton Art Festival
Castle Galleries, Nottingham
2003
2003 Gallery 238, Dorking (solo)
Brighton Art Festival
Gallery 27, Cork Street, London (group exhibition)
2004
Brighton Art Festival
Castle Galleries, Nottingham
Street Gallery, Street, Somerset
Obsession Publishing, Olympia, London
2005
Brighton Art Festival
Obsession Publishing, Holt, Norfolk. June 2005 (solo show)
2006
Brighton Art Festival
Royal Academy, Work on Paper
2007
Solo Show, The Red Dot Gallery, Holt Norfolk
Brighton Art Festival
2008
Solo Show, The Red Dot Gallery, Holt Norfolk
Brighton Art Festival
St.Stephen's Church, Kensington
Hampshire Art Fair
Elford Fine Art
Windsor Art Fair
2009
'Venice in Peril' 2009. W.H.Patterson, London W1
Elford Fine Art, Tavistock
Spring Art Fair, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham
Brighton Festival Artist's Open House exhibition
Red Dot Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
Royall Fine Art, Tumbridge Wells
2010
'Venice in Peril' 2009. W.H.Patterson, London W1
PUBLICATIONS
The Antique Trade Gazette
1995
Private View
1995
Artists and Illustrators
1996
Art Review
1996
The Independent
1997
Brighton and Hove Life
1999
The Picture Business
2003
Sussex Life
Brighton and Hove Life
Brighton Argus
2006
'Cecil Rice'
Venice, Sunlight and water
(Hardback, 130 colour plates)
Halsgrove
2006