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Jeremy Houghton (pronounced Howton) uses his work to explore the subject of aesthetics, the sublime. His ethos is based on capturing an expression, his philosophy, simplification. What you see in a Houghton painting is the artist's emotional response to a scene, simplified and distilled into the essentials, a process of elimination. Houghton's vision is an exercise of composition: form, balance and technique, successfully played out before our eyes, resulting in pictures which provide instant visual indulgence and pure escapism. Jeremy's training has been alternative: An LLB Honours in Law, followed by a Foundation Course at the Slade. His first association with the professional art world was through teaching, firstly in Oxford, and then in South Africa as Art Master for five years at the International School of Cape Town. He returned to the UK in 2005 and since then has been painting professionally, completing a number of ambitious projects and commissions. These include being London Fashion Week's official artist, completing two paintings now in the Royal Collection, and being selected as one of Lloyds Banks' Olympic artists for London 2012. It is because of such associations and endorsement that International portfolios such as ‘The Royal Luxembourg Collection’ have already invested in Jeremy's art. His last exhibition in London was sponsored by Lloyds International Private Banking in conjunction with Christies, and his next major solo show will be in Zurich in October 2010.
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