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Chris Furse
CHRIS FURSE. CV ARTIST Watercolour and mixed-media paintings of birds, and people. Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, 2 man exhbiton 2008. London Selected Exhibitions: Society of Wildlife Artists, Mall Galleries 2001; Hesketh Hubbard Society, Mall Galleries 2005 Solo exhibitions Ashford International 2004; Wildfowl Trust Centre Welney 2002; Eye of the Wind Gallery Arundel & Metropole Café Gallery Folkestone 2003. Featured artist Ingleby Gallery Derbyshire 1999; Headcorn Gallery Kent 2003; Field Dalling Gallery Norfolk 2002, West End House Smarden 2006 Other exhibitions across the UK & Europe; member of Ashford Visual Artists. Other Arts Work. Demonstrator Artist&Illustrator Magazine Exhibition, London 2006 International Art Camps: in 2004 on Veranka Island in Hungary, and and in 2005 at Aiud in Romania. Artist in Residence Gordonstoun School 1997 & 2000, onboard MV Sarpik Ittuk in Antarctica 2006, and with Vikky Furse at Nature in Art 22-27 Jan.2008 Onboard Artist in Polar Star Antarctic 2007 & in Polar Pioneer Arctic 2007. ILLUSTRATOR. Contributor to bird books, reports & magazine articles, including: The Shelduck(1982)ISBN 0521246466,Ian Patterson,Cambridge University Press. Birds of the Loose Valley (2001) booklet by Don Taylor. The Countryman, Sea Swallow, Ardea, Artist & IIlustrator Magazine, also Kent Bird Reports (from 1994), and two of my own books. POLAR EXPEDITIONS. I'm better known for leading expeditions in the Antarctic: 1970-71 Ornithologist & boat driver on Elephant Island (4 months,15-men). 1976-77 Leader & birdman in Elephant Island group (3 months, 16 men) 1983-85 Leader on Brabant Island for 12 months in tents & snowholes. Then the Arctic for BSES Expeditions in Svalbard 1987,1993,1996 & 2001 In 1999-2000 I led a fantastic team taking BSES back to Antarctica - the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia, West Falkland & Cordillera Darwin. AUTHOR. Elephant Island (1979) ISBN 0904614026 pub.Anthony Nelson. Antarctic Year (on Brabant Island)(1986)ISBN 0709910584 pub.Croom Helm. Arctic Expedition Handbook (1997) ISBN 0953038602. Also articles in BAS Bulletin,Geographical Magazine; Polar Record;Ibis; Climber, Canoeing etc LECTURER. Royal Geographical Society; Scott Polar Research Institute; Alpine Club, Plas y Brenin etc., and recently on board polar expedition ships. ENGINEER. A Dagger Marine Engineer Officer & Commander OBE RN, I served in a dozen ships, & ashore teaching post-graduates, overseeing in shipyards & 9 years R&D. BOATMAN. I have mucked about in boats most of my life, and in both polar regions. 1970-71. Cox’n of our 1 Gemini dinghy off Elephant Island, no external support. 1976-77. First Antarctic expedition using canoes for travel(and no safety boat). 1986,1993,1996 & 2001. Boat driver in Svalbard (c70 days boating, c4,500 km). LAST YEAR I WORKED AS EXPEDITION STAFF ON POLAR TOUR SHIPS . Dec.2006: M/V Sarpik Ittuk (2 Antarctic voyages as Artist in Residence). Dec.2006-Mar.2007; M/V Polar Star(5 Antarctic voyages, lecturer & boatdriver) July 2007: M/V Polar Pioneer (1 voyage to Svalbard, natural history lecturer) This boreal winter I'm drawing & painting birds again....and then.... who knows? | |||||
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