Carl Payne is a Staffordshire based sculptor for whom art has played a large part in his academic work taking him through the Burslem School of Art, the Henry Doulton School of Sculpture and then to Stafford College.
After studying in figurative Sculpture he launched his career with commission after commission which has now secured his reputation for fine quality workmanship both in life-size format and smaller gallery pieces.
The list of his completed commissioned work is extensive, including many household names from the sporting world, commerce and the past. Works have included King George and Queen Mary for the ballroom of Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 cruise ship, ‘Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross’ which was unveiled by Princess Anne at Banbury, and George Best, Bobby Moore and Pele for private collectors. His personal favourite is the Sir Stanley Matthews statue at the Britannia stadium: Technically challenging, dynamic, historical and unique, it was voted the best sporting statue in Europe.
We are excited that the gallery will be able to reopen again next week on Wednesday 2nd December. Although we have been closed, we have been packaging orders and have also been b...
Although the gallery is currently closed, we are still purchasing amazing artworks and delivering free of charge throughout the UK and further afield upon request. We are also av...
Despite Lancashire now being in Tier 3 the gallery remains open and Covid secure so we hope to be able to welcome you all to the gallery to view the beautiful artwork in person.
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Another exciting week of new arrivals into the gallery with internationally recognised artists releasing new works including some shown for the very first time at our gallery.
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