Wed 25 June at 7.30 pm – Methodist Church, Chandlers Ford

Jamel Akib

Making Colour Exciting!

Jamel would  like to demonstrate how, by broadening out our colour spectrum, we can produce much more exciting paintings. Complementary colours will sparkle with intensity, making a much more eye catching image.

He’ll demonstrate an animal or bird , a landscape and a portrait. (Time allowing)

Biography

Jamel Akib was born in Leigh-on-sea, Essex, England, on the 4th November 1965 to mixed English and Malaysian parentage. He moved to Sabah, North Borneo at the age of five and returned to England to pursue further education at the age of thirteen, gaininga BA honours Degree in Illustration in 1989.

He began working for the London Observer newspaper while still a student at art college, and has since become an award winning artist involved in many exhibitions and commissions around the world.

He has so far illustrated the covers for three Booker Prize finalists.

He lives in Salisbury, England with his wife and children

His work is in collections in the UK and abroad

Awards include

1992 Maxwell Business Publishing ‘Best Editorial’ Award
1993 Victoria and Albert Museum Awards for Illustration  ‘Best Editorial’ Award
1994 Victoria and Albert Museum Awards for Illustration  ‘Best Editorial’ Award
1996 Creative Review Magazine  ‘Best Editorial’ Award
2004 ‘Marion Vannet Ridgeway Award’ for Best Children’s Book for ‘Monsoon’
2009 Honor Book in the Picture Book Category of the 2009 American Libraries Award for Literature
2010 Americas Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Shortlisted for the  David Shepherd wildlife artist of the year in 2015 Awards Exhibition at the Mall Galleries
2015 Mall galleries, Royal Society of Marine Artists exhibition.  ‘Charles Pears’ Award
2016 Mall Galleries,Royal Society of Marine Artists exhibition. ‘The Artist magazine’ Award 

https://www.jamelakib.com/about.html, also on Instagram and Facebook.