Piers Browne - A painter in the English tradition who often shows in the Royal Academy Summer Show and in November at the New English Art Club

Piers followed a classical path through art schools and travelled widely in Europe and Africa before settling in Wensleydale in 1975.

1968-70 - Byam Shaw, London under Peter Garrard and Maurice de Saumarez.

1970 - Travelled in Africa, painting, and 1971 spent whole year copying in European museums from Paris to Palermo.

1972-75 - Royal Academy Schools, London, where won David Murray Landscape prize two years running. He learnt to etch at the same time at Islington Studio under the late great Hugh Stoneman.

1975 onwards - Piers settled in Wensleydale and has had to date nearly 50 One Man exhibitions as far afield as Reykjavik, Malibu, Munster (North Germany),etc. and for 20 years was part of the Askrigg Group who exhibited locally every August. To date Piers has had over 24 pictures hung in the Royal Academy.

1988 - Though he ferociously paints, his first book was "A Shropshire Lad" - illustrating the poems of AE Housman (Sold out).

1989 - His next book "An Elegy in Arcady" followed in 1989 - a biography of Housman written and illustrated by Piers.

1991- John Murray published his next book "William Wordsworth - A Lakeland Anthology" - Wordsworth Poetry, with 54 coloured etchings by Piers (it was equal first in the WH Smith Illustrated Book of the Year Award, 1991) - many of the etchings are now sold out (as is the book).

1993 - Began composing music set with his published verse.

1993 - November - In conjunction with the Council for the Protection of Rural England, he presented a large show of his Oils and Etchings at Smiths Galleries, Convent Garden. Later, at the invitation of the Government of Iceland, he displayed this exhibition in Rejkyavik.

1994 - His fourth book - "Wensleydale" - Etchings and Verse by Piers Browne, was launched at the Medici Gallery, Grafton Street, London. About 100 signed copies are left of the 4000.

1994 - Exhibition of Javanese pictures in London.

1996 - May - His "Shropshire Lad" etchings were shown at the Royal Festival Hall's Poetry Library.

1998 - Exhibitions "Watercolours to Drypoints" at Zella Gallery, Fulham, London in May - almost their last show - Piers stocked Zella from 1972.

2001 - October - The Aegean Seen show at Godfrey and Watt in Westminster Arcade, Harrogate was the start of many almost sell-out One-mans there.

2001 - February - Piers' "Boscobel Oak" etching was presented to Prince Charles at Boscobel House near Wolverhampton.

In late 2002 he began ‘'SONNETS FOR A SIREN’ - his third totally handmade book in an edition of 20 and now at £5000 each.

2002 -The main launch of The Glorious Trees of Great Britain book and huge and small oils and etchings reproduced in the book was at NORTH LIGHT GALLERY, Yorkshire Technology Park, Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield.

2003 - March/April The Scottish launch of Piers' trees book with all etchings was in the spacious BROUGHTON PLACE nr. Peebles when run by the distinguished watercolourist Graham Buchanan Dunlop; Piers had a well visited large stand at The Chelsea Flower Show that year.

2003 - August Finally, after 25 years, shows of the Askrigg group (including the distinguished potter Andrew Hague) ended.

2004 - March/ April – New small oils & etchings at Godfrey & Watt, Harrogate.
29 May /June - ABERYSTWYTH (tree etchings and some giant oil to shatter the peace) VENUE in foyer of The National Library at Aberystwyth.

October 7 - 28 The Blake Gallery, Blake Street in central York. This huge one man exhibition of seascapes around Whitby & the Scottish Highlands, etc. was very successful, '06 October saw another huge One-man of Oils there - they stock Piers' oils permanently.

2005 - The Craft Centre, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
March – June - On show were TEN of Piers' largest and probably most audacious etchings - this gallery has a tiny permanent selection of Piers' prints.

2008 - launch of Piers' latest book, Sonnets for a Siren at the Cambridge Book & Print Gallery.