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Rugge-Price, Jeremy

“Silhouettes” Oil on board, 21 x 26 inches, Signed

“Silhouettes” Oil on board, 21 x 26 inches, Signed
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British Contemporary

Jeremy was born in England in 1940, and spent much of his childhood around the dunes and fishing villages of East Anglia. His interest in art was kindled early on in his life by the paintings of some of the more prominent British and French impressionists hanging in his family home.

Educated at Harrow — without setting even a foot inside the art school — he went on to serve three years “before the mast” in the British merchant navy before joining the 13th/18th Royal Hussars, one of Great Britain’s elite cavalry regiments.

He came to the United States in 1976 while working in the hotel and restaurant industry. In 1994, he gave up his day job and concentrated on painting full time.

He now resides at Oak Hill in the Hudson Valley, near Olana, the home of the famous American painter, Frederick Church. Yet much of his time is spent on the coastal areas of New England and Maine, where he finds the inspiration for many of his favorite subjects. He visits Europe each year and continues to include work from Britain, France and Italy in his portfolio of paintings. His work reflects his love of the sea, ships and of course the countryside. The paintings incorporate impressive large skies, with much emphasis being placed on the strategic effects of light and shadow.

Each year, besides keeping galleries filled with new work, Jeremy has two solo exhibitions and several combined shows. He undertakes to paint a few landscape commissions per year. Among his clients are those from both Wall Street and the City of London. Commissions have also included Military paintings depicting bygone battles such as Balaklava and the Charge of the Light Brigade and the landings in Normandy on D-Day.

Jeremy donates paintings to various charities each year including several schools, The Country Alliance, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Southampton, NY and the Three Bays Preservation Society in Oyster Island, Cape Cod.

His art can be seen in galleries on both sides of the Atlantic as well as at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas.