# Humphrey Ocean
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humphrey ocean (born 22 June 1951) is a contemporary British painter.
== Early life ==
humphrey ocean was born Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon, on 22 June 1951 in Sussex, England. He went to Ampleforth College and in 1967 went to Tunbridge Wells School of Art for two years, going on to do a Foundation Course at Brighton College of Art and DipAD Painting at Canterbury College of Art.
Humphrey Ocean and Mark Alexander
The artist Humphrey Ocean is Professor of Perspective at the Royal Academy of Arts, and his portraits of Paul McCartney, Philip Larkin, Tony Benn and Lord Whitelaw are in the National Portrait Gallery. While at art school, he became a member of the band Kilburn and the High Roads, led by singer and…
Chris Wilkinson and Humphrey Ocean discuss drawing
Architect Chris Wilkinson RA and painter Humphrey Ocean RA discuss what it is to draw, and why the process is central to their work.
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Chris Wilkinson RA and Humphrey Ocean RA discuss drawing
In this podcast, two distinguished Royal Academicians discuss what it is to draw, and why the process is so important for their work.
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This episode is taken from the DKUK archive and was originally recorded in January 2024 during Humphrey Ocean’s exhibition at the salon.
I first met Humphrey in 2009. The exhibition that followed was many years in the making, so it feels quietly right that this conversation is finally being shared …
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