About the Artist

Bernard Willington grew up in the industrial heartland of South Wales during the Second World War. His early wishes to become an artist were over-ridden by the need to find work to contribute to the family finances in a period of national austerity. He went into engineering and qualified as a design engineer in 1962 while studying painting and art history in his spare time.

Through the 1970's and early 80's his job took him to the Middle East, South America and West Africa, invariably accompanied by his sketch book and painting equipment. In 1984, on returning from two years in West Africa he gave up his engineering career to become a full time artist.

In 1988 Bernard's work came to the attention of the Old Course Hotel at St Andrews when he was working on a view of the town from the links. He was commissioned to paint a 3ft x 7ft version of the same view for one of the public rooms at the hotel. The painting was later taken to join others in a collection in Tokyo.

He divides his time between his studios in Augusta, Georgia and in Wiltshire in the south of England not far from Stonehenge.