Ted Stourton – Artist of the New Renaissance

by Kevin Hurst

If the pen is mightier than the sword and a picture paints a thousand words, what would happen if a painter used his brush to communicate images of hope and inspiration?

That was the question that one rising British artist asked himself while taking in the extraordinary beauty of a seascape one afternoon a few years ago.

Fast forward a few years of intense, purposeful artistic production: the Ted Stourton collection at Camelot Castle Hotel in Tintagel, Cornwall is one of the largest collections of an artist’s work anywhere in the world.

In the last fourteen months alone, over nineteen hundred and fifty original works and paintings by Stourton have found their way into collectors’ hands across the world as demand for his work grows apace.

Currently, a permanent exhibition of nearly 1000 original paintings by Stourton can be seen at Camelot Castle Hotel where the artist currently has his studios.

A small sample of his work can be seen online here.

Many visitors to Camelot have remarked on the extraordinary effects that Ted Stourton’s work has had on them.

Artists from around the world have made their way to Camelot to meet Stourton, share their ideas, and to tap into the extraordinary creative inspiration that is being generated there. 

Visit the Ted Stourton Fan Site here

CONTROVERSY AND SUCCESS IN THE FINE ART WORLD - Part One

What is the relationship between controversy and success? 

Why are so many of the world’s great artists vilified and sniped at? It seems that when anyone sticks his head above the parapet, others will try to shoot it off.

It has been said that you only know you are making an impact on the world when someone is having a go at you and it does seem sometimes as if the more positive and noble your impact, the more snipers and vipers will come slithering towards you through the undergrowth. 

And those very snipers are always people who can muster no impact upon the world, except to lay snares in an effort to bring down its true giants.

As more and more people are now collecting Ted Stourton's work, I thought that collectors and fans of Ted Stourton alike might find of interest an article by the newspaper baron John Mappin.

Stourton’s friend and mentor and “King of Camelot,”  Mappin gives you his take on the role of controversy in the role of art.

To view the article, click here