Louise Riley-Smith has specialised in portrait painting for over twenty years. She has trained with numerous professional artists including James Horton and Thomas Newbolt and briefly at The Slade, in Florence and in St. Petersburg with Oleg Eremeev, former President of the St Petersburg Academy of Arts.
Louise’s sensitive and illuminating portraits have been commissioned by members of the diplomatic and civil services, clergy, lawyers, senior academics, decorated military personnel, businessmen, landowners and their families – and more. She has been selected by the prestigious Royal Society of Portrait Painters and exhibited at the Mall Galleries. In addition, she has been selected for The Discerning Eye and shortlisted for the Garrick/Milne Prize and the Royal Society of Oil Painters. Her perceptive and insightful portraits explore subtle nuances of expression and personality, while capturing the true likeness of each individual sitter. She is one of the most sought-after British portraitists today.
Portraits by Louise Riley-Smith
August 2012
All work is oil on canvas unless stated
2012
Work in progress: Mary Trend, Kate Winter, Mick Paulusma, Alban McCoy II; de Ruig children Molly Chadwyck-Healey – 18″ x 16″ pastel
Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey – publisher, Chairman Wildlife Trust, 40″ x 30″ Charcoal
Neil Warmsley – 20″ x 20″ Landscaper and artist
Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey – publisher, Chairman Wildlife Trust 22″ x 20″
2011
Cherry Hopkins – 24″ x 20″ lecturer in Law, fellow of Girton College, Cambridge
Kate Kewley – 40″x 30″ working at Oxfam in Oxford
Georgia Kewley – 40″ x 30″ working in marketing in London
Stephen Hill – 48″x 72″recently retired Principal of Royal Holloway, Univ. of London, commissioned by the college.
Simon Eliot – 40″ x 30″ recently retired Headmaster, Sherborne School, commissioned by the school.
Ben Merrett – 15, 40″ x 30″ currently attending Westminster School
2010
Edward Parkes – 24″ x 22″ charcoal
Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey – publisher, Chairman Wildlife Trust etc 80cm x 100cm
Tim Dunning – Midshipman – 50″ x 30″
Sir Simon Jenkins – writer and journalist, Chairman National Trust 40″ x 30″
Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE – Professor of Pharmacology, University of Oxford
Phoebe Hill – 16″ x 12″, aged 9 months (pastel),
Jonathan Riley-Smith – 20″ x 20″ Historian
The Hunt Sisters (pastel);
Jon Harris – 40″ x 30″ Artist and architect
2009
Nigel W Brown OBE – 48″x 60″ Financier and philanthropist
Michael Sayer – historian and landowner
2008
Alys Parkes, – 24″ x 16″ Oxford undergraduate, charcoal and chalk on paper
Dr Peter Milton – 18″ x 16″ Gynaecologist
Carole Ellison – 30″ x 60″ Psychotherapist, painter
Polly Paulusma – 30″ x 60″ Singer songwriter
Toby Riley-Smith – 40″ x 30″ Barrister
2007
Fr Alban McCoy I – 40″ x 30″ Cambridge Catholic Chaplain, commissioned by CUCA.
40″ x 30″ – commissioned by CUCA.
Dr John C Taylor – inventor, benefactor to Corpus Christi College, commissioned by the College. 40″ x 56″ + 2 panels
John Holder – illustrator 80cm x 100cm 2006 ****
Lucy van Beek – wildlife programme producer 16″ x 22″
Alix Everett-Heath – Primary school teacher 20″ x 16″
2006
Simon & Hilary Szreter and family – 48″ x 72″ Fellow of St John’s College and family
Joanna Crighton II – 30 “x 24″ Education Consultant after Matisse
Joanna Crighton I – 24″ x 20″ Education Consultant
Joe Denby – 24″ x 16″ charcoal and chalk on paper
Narinder Kumar – 30″ x 40″ (Nude)
2005
Tamsin Phelps – ‘Waiting’ 30″ x 40″ **
Emma Clark – 24″x 16″ Student charcoal and chalk on paper
Gabriel Stokes – 24″ x 16″ Student charcoal and chalk on paper
Glynne Harris – 20″ x 16″ Civil engineer
Jonathan Riley-Smith – 40″ x 30″ Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge; Knight of grace and devotion, Sovereign Order of Malta.
Joanna Murden – 20″ x 16″ Business assistant
2004
Tamsin Phelps – 12 x 14″ Screenwriter and lecturer – oil sketch
Adam Phelps – Event organizer – oil sketch
Sophia McMillan – 28″ x 24″ veterinary student **
Tamara Trefusis – 20″ x 16″ Barrister
Rosemary Wild – as Venus (after Velazquez) 48″ x 72″
2003
Sanna Gough – 20″ x 16″, Schoolgirl, aged 9
Elaine Paige – 46″ x 36″ Actress, singer ***
Judith Everett-Heath – 24″ x 18″, Wife and mother
Horace Barlow – Horace Barlow 1 and 2 pastels (commissioned by Trinity College and by his wife) Neurophysiologist, Trinity College Cambridge
William Davies – 20″ x 18″ Formerly Senior Editor, Cambridge University Press
2002
Vaughan Smith – 40″ x 30″ TV Frontline director and journalist
Carla Mazzei – 24″ x 20″ Art restorer
Pier Paolo – 24″ x 20″ Architect
Fulvia – 28″ x 18″ charcoal on carta di Roma
Virginie – 28″ x 18″ charcoal on carta di Roma
Elaine Wright – 30″ x 48″ Model; interior designer, Knaresborough, Yorkshire
Malcolm Lyons – pastel Professor of Arabic, fellow of Pembroke College
Liz Wheeler II – new working of previous portrait
Father Philip Ursell – 36″x 20″ Principal of Pusey House, Oxford
2001
Giles Sim – 40″ x 30″ Landowner, MFH
Prof Haroon Ahmed – 40″ x 30″ Master of Corpus Christi College Cambridge; Micro-electro Engineer
Claire Bailey – 48″ x 60″ Dressage expert
Lieutenant Col. Edward Aubrey-Fletcher – 30″ x 24″ Director of Stanford Hall, Leics
Lucinda Collison – 40″ x 30″ Student
2000
Jamie, Eleanor, Jos, Jack and Richard Ingilby – 40″ x 60″ Children of Sir Thomas Ingilby, Ripley Castle
Prof. Sir David Williams – 40″ x 30″ QC DL Vice Chancellor Emeritus Cambridge Univ.
Juliet Bromley-Martin – 24″ x 18″ Recruitment manager. (My godchild: her 21st birthday present)
Lucie, Josh and Harriet Hill – 24″ x 24″ Friends aged 14, 11 and 6
Sacha Riley-Smith – 30″ x 40″ My niece, aged 6
Mark Fisher – 40″ x 30″ Civil servant.
Lady Margaret Thomas – 30″ x 24″ Theologian. Wife of Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
1999
Late Professor David Crighton – 40″ x 36″ Late Master of Jesus College Cambridge, FRS
Professor Shon Ffowcs Williams – 36″ x 29″ Master of Emmanuel College Cambridge
Professor Norman Gowar – Professor Norman Gowar Principal of Royal Holloway, London University
Major David Gape – MBE JP DL 30″ x 40″ Estate owner, magistrate
Polly Paulusma – 20″ x 16″ Singer song writer
Charles Smith – 40″ x 30″ Event organiser
1998
Rosie Watters – 16″ x 12″ Friend aged 8
Anne Ffowcs Williams – 44″ x 40″ Novelist **
Caroline Malim – 50″ x 40″ Archaeolical artist
Elizabeth Wheeler – 36″ x 24″ College nurse
Nicky Crowther – 40″ x 30″ Nicky has learning difficulties
1997
Dominie Courtauld – 24” x 48” Interior designer *
Ursula Lyons – 24” x 20” Arabist. Fellow Lucy Cavendish College Cambridge
Derek Drummie – 24“ x 20” London University College administrator
Elisabeth Machin – c16” x 12” Scientist
Richard Williams MC – 24” x 20” 24” x 20”
Flora Georgia and Lucia Lowther – 48” x 36” Aged 3, 6 and 8
1996
Jon Harris – 24” x 20” Artist
Sally Dunning – 24” x 20” Artist Dental receptionist
George Courtauld – 24” x 20” Queen’s Messenger> High Sherriff of Essex
John Woodall – 24” x 20” Lawyer
1995
Tristram Riley-Smith – 16” x 12” Civil servant
Candellaria Capurro – 24” x 20” Life model, wife, mother
Keith Dunning – 24” x 20” Civil aviation; technical designer
* Exhibited Royal Society of Portrait Painters
** Shortlisted Royal Society of Portrait Painters
*** Shortlisted Garrick/Milne Prize 2003 purchased by Miss Paige
**** Shortlisted Royal Society of Portrait Painters; most votes Cambridge Drawing Society