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Tony Todd studied at the Guildford, Harrow and St Martin's Schools of
Art and has worked for many studios and agencies
throughout London and the South East of England. He has produced book
covers and illustrations for leading book publishers and has
had several hundred Christmas cards, everyday cards and calendars
produced by many of the high street card publishers. His paintings appear in many
private collections worldwide including that of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II
and H.R.H. Prince Philip. His biography can be
found in "Who's Who in Art".
Tony also provides painting tuition on a 'one to
one' basis.
For commissions or queries please click here.
Latest Work by Tony Todd:-
Tony Todd has completed his latest project, a book, 'The Saucy Tales of Uncle Albert'. This lovely book is packed with wonderful, humourous stories - each one illustrated with a full page painting in Tony's unique, bright and colourful style. The book is available on Amazon and can also be obtained, at a discounted price, from this website via the contacts page. The Uncle Albert project began as a collection of twelve greetings cards, all of which appear in the book. The book was then published and we are currently in talks with a postcard publisher who hopes to produce a series of seaside postcards, to be sold under the banner of 'Wish You Were Here' cards, at seaside resorts around the country.
2008-2010 a major project was completed on a spectacular collection
of large paintings depicting characters and scenes from the exciting
Gerald Durrell story 'My
Family and Other Animals'. The classic story of Durrell’s early days spent with his amazing family in Corfu has
been a great favourite for generations of children and adults alike.
The story was adapted for a popular BBC television series starring Brian
Blessed, Hannah Gordon and Darren Redmayne,
more recently another BBC film was made starring Eugene Simon, Imelda
Staunton and Tamsin Merchant. Many editions
of the book have been published throughout the world.
Tony has produced fourteen new paintings using his unique and colourful
idiosyncratic style which proved so popular with his Dylan Thomas’
'Under Milkwood' collection.
In 2009
The Gerald Durrell Wildlife Foundation (GDWF),
based in Jersey, hosted a major exhibition of the finished
paintings as part of their 50th anniversary
celebrations. Many thousands of visitors visited the
island for these celebrations.
A film was made of Tony painting his latest picture in his studio
at Chilworth, this film accompanied the paintings and was shown
at the exhibition. Tony was interviewed by BBC Jersey Radio in
connection with the exhibition. Copyright of the fourteen paintings were donated
to the GDWF for one year.
Following the exhibition in Jersey a further major exhibition of the paintings took
place at the Red Biddy Gallery ,
Shalford during 2010. The complete collectionof Durrell paintings have been sold but prints and cards of the collection are available via The Bridgeman Art Library.
Tony's Exhibition Diary
To see some examples of Tony's work please click on the following:-
