DESPITE HAVING A WAITING LIST of approximately 200 commissions, Ian Bourne still hasn’t given up the day job as an Operations Manager for a social care company. Juggling a full-time job with his art is far from a stroll in the park and often involves regimental planning, especially when he has a show to put on. His first was in New York in 2016 and, if he has any regrets in life, it’s the fact that his father – who was a draughtsman by trade – didn’t live long enough to attend the first night.
He’s mostly settled into portrait painting and, of the 1,000 plus he has now drawn, less than half of them have been famous faces. But the familiarity of drawing someone known is intriguing and a viewer can be more engaged with a drawing of someone they recognise. But it was a request from a Hollywood megastar that took this side of his paintings to the next level – all kick-started over a
