Paul Milner

Paul Milner was born in Hull, East Yorkshire. His first career was as a professional keyboard player in a well-known 80's band. In 1994, Paul's interest in art became an obsession, forcing a change in his career. He took up formal studies in Art in East Yorkshire, concentrating on watercolour, where some of his early paintings, achieved success at the Hull Ferens Art Gallery. His early works featured unmistakably great British pastimes, beautifully lit figures engaged in sport, captured in landscapes and seascapes. His works quickly appealed to a wide audience, where he engaged and delighted art lovers in his unmistakably British and thought provoking childhood memories.

In 1995, his career reached a much wider audience when he was selected with other world-renowned artists, celebrities, musicians and politicians, to take part in The Prince's Trust's Mask Campaign. Paul's mask featuring a small child on the Yorkshire Coast was selected from over 500 celebrity Masks to appear on the official poster of just 20 masks, alongside Paloma Picasso, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Richard Branson, Annie Lennox and Sting and others. This was highly promoted in London, where it appeared throughout the city on the side of Buses and Billboards everywhere, before the Mask's auction, which took place at London's Royal Festival Hall in 1996.

In 1997, an accomplished artist, he began a series of figurative acrylic paintings, which have become the hallmark of his work today. His work portrays timeless elegant feminine pastimes, cherished childhood memories, figures by the sea, long hot British summers, and exotic retreats in a world unhurried. Today his work can be seen in leading galleries and is featured in fine art prints and greeting cards.

Beautifully crafted and evocative images, which capture light and ultimately, reveal a point in a story, which most people can identify with. This perhaps, provides the most valuable insight, into why Paul C Milner is rapidly becoming one of Britain most popular artists.