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.
Some Portrait Commissions by Louise Riley-Smith – July 2009
Work is oil on canvas unless stated
Nigel W Brown OBE, Founder of N W Brown Group, investment consultant and philanthropist; commissioned by NW Brown Group Ltd.
Fr Alban McCoy, OFM, Cambridge University Catholic Chaplain, commissioned by CUCA. 40” x 30”
Dr John C Taylor, inventor, major benefactor to Corpus Christi College, commissioned by the College. 40” x 56”
Simon & Hilary Szreter and family, Fellow of St John’s College. 48” x 72”
Sophia McMillan, veterinary practitioner – shortlisted Royal Society of Portrait Painters. 28” x 24”
Horace Barlow, neurophysiologist, Trinity College Cambridge, commissioned by Trinity College. Pastel
Bill Davies, Editor, Cambridge University Press. 20″ x 18″
Vaughan Smith, TV Frontline director and journalist. 40″ x 30”
Elaine Wright, model, interior designer, Knaresborough, Yorkshire. 30″ x 48″
Malcolm Lyons, professor of Arabic, fellow of Pembroke College. Pastel
Father Philip Ursell, Principal of Pusey House, Oxford. 36″x 20″
Elaine Paige, actress and singer – shortlisted Garrick Milne Prize 2003; bought by Miss Paige
Giles Sim, landowner, MFH. 40″ x 30″
Prof Haroon Ahmed, Master of Corpus Christi College Cambridge, electro-engineer. 40″ x 30″
Lieutenant Col. Edward Aubrey-Fletcher, director of Stanford Hall, Leics. 30″ x 24″
Jamie, Eleanor, Jos, Jack and Richard Ingilby, children of Sir Thomas Ingilby, Ripley Castle. 40″ x 60”
Prof. Sir David Williams QC DL, Vice Chancellor Emeritus Cambridge University, commissioned by Emmanuel College. 40” x 30″
Mark Fisher, tax consultant. 40″ x 30”
Lady Margaret Thomas, theologian, wife of Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. 30″ x 24”
Late Professor David Crighton, late Master of Jesus College Cambridge, FRS, commissioned by Jesus College. 40″ x 36″
Professor Shon Ffowcs Williams, Master of Emmanuel College Cambridge, commissioned by Emmanuel College. 36” x 29”
Professor Norman Gowar, Principal of Royal Holloway, London University, commissioned by Royal Holloway. 40” x 64”
Major David Gape MBE JP DL, estate owner, magistrate. 30” x 40”
Charles Smith, director, event organisation. 40” x 30”
Anne Ffowcs Williams, novelist – shortlisted Royal Society of Portrait Painters. 44” x 40”
Dominie Courtauld, wife and grandmother – exhibited Royal Society of Portrait Painters. 24” x 48”
Ursula Lyons, Arabist, Fellow Lucy Cavendish College Cambridge. 24” x 20”
Richard Williams MC, Welsh Guards, chief pall-bearer at Diana’s funeral. 24” x 20”
Flora Georgia and Lucia Lowther, aged 3, 6 and 8. 48” x 36”