Prolific painter, Roy Turner Durrant was born in Suffolk, England in 1925. His career was long and distinguished, culminating with work in major public galleries in the UK and internationally.

He studied at Camberwell School of Art (1948-52) and there was influenced by Keith Vaughan, Michael Rothenstein, Michael Salaman, John Buckland Wright, Edward Ardizzone and John Minton. A member of the New English Art Club, from the late 1940s he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and in numerous commercial galleries in London. From the 1950s, his early figurative style began to change, becoming more abstract.

He said of his own work in 1951 that his abstract imagery were 'by-products of an inquisition primarily concerned not with what the eye sees but with what the intellect and emotion experience'.

Roy Turner Durrant's work can be found in over 30 public collections, both in the UK and internationally, some of which can be viewed digitally, for example at:

Art UK

Five Colleges Museum Consortium, USA

Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, England

Norfolk Museums Collections, England

Tate Gallery, London, England

As a tribute to my father, my family and I want to increase an awareness and appreciation of Roy Turner Durrant's work both in the UK and internationally. In making his work accessible, we will provide you with good quality prints at a fair price. We will also donate 10% of profits to good causes close to my father's heart, such as public galleries, The Salvation Army and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.