THE ARTIST
LES MELTON, TICINO, SWITZERLAND
Born in England in 1933 Les was forever marvelling at the wonders of life around him and recording what he saw in drawings and paintings. No one was surprised when he went off to study art at the Central School of Art and Crafts in London (1953-57), and it seemed to follow logically when he went on to teach at Art Colleges around the World - in the UK, the West Indies, and finally in Australia where he was a Senior Lecturer at the Queensland College of Art (1975-91). Throughout his career Les remained a prolific painter – undertaking numerous commissions and...more