
Portraits
I’ve been drawing and painting people for years and normally have a couple of commissions on the go. I love the hours spent in this intimate and intense pursuit of the essence of a person - looking, chatting, thinking, laughing. I never work from photos, so a commission involves an initial meeting to get to know someone, followed by three, maybe four, sittings. I work in oils, charcoal, pencil and occasionally ink. Notable commissions include Sir Anthony Seldon, Lord Skidelsky and Arthur Brown ‘the God of Hellfire’.

Oil on board

Oil on board

Oil on board

Oil on board

Oil on board

Oil on board

Oil on paper

Charcoal on paper

Crayon on paper

Pastel on paper

Charcoal on paper

Charcoal on paper

Charcoal on paper

Charcoal on paper

Charcoal on paper

Crayon on paper

Crayon on paper

Charcoal on paper

Charcoal on paper

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton

Oil on canvas

Portraits by Chelsea Renton

Pencil drawing by Chelsea Renton

Charcoal drawing by Chelsea Renton