Jean

Jean
by Jean-Paul Tibbles
© Jean-Paul Tibbles

Oil on canvas

Jean-Paul Tibbles studied at Eastbourne College
of Art. His work has been seen in exhibitions
including those of the Royal Society of Portrait
Painters (2001–14) and the Portrait Society
of America (2002–8) winning the 1st Honour
and People’s Choice Award in 2003. He has
been previously been selected for the
BP Portrait Award in 1986, 1988 and 2012.

The portrait is of the artist’s son, Jean, and
was painted in 2015 between his fourteenth
and fifteenth birthdays.