All work : Mick Cawston [Biography]

Mick Cawston

Mick live in and around Lynton and was a regular customer.
His work is comparable to that of John Emms or Maude Earl and he works equally well in oils, water colours or pastels. No matter what breed of dog he portrays, the character and likeness of the dog are always superb. His works have been reproduced as limited edition prints and he has been voted 4 times, in the Fine Art Trade Guild survey, as one of the top selling artists, finally wining it in 1998. Born in 1959 in Dagenham, Essex by the middle of 1987 he had been discovered by Sally Mitchell and by the end of this year he had his first two limited edition prints published after his work. The summer of 2000 saw the publication of his 300th highly successful, limited edition print. This is not to mention the ninety plus images that have been reproduced as successful greetings cards and the dozen or so open edition prints. Mick lived in and around Lynton painting many of his Exmoor scenes and humorous animal pictures before his untimely death in Oct 2006.
Many of the local pubs in the area still have his images on their walls