Jamie Routley
Study of Birch Tree Hampstead Heath, 2025
Oil on panel
18 x 23 cm 7 1/8 x 9 in
Born in Newport, South Wales, in 1982, Jamie Routley was educated entirely in the Welsh language at Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw. Having completed his BA in Illustration at Swindon College, he studied under the American painter Charles H. Cecil in Florence, Italy (2004 - 2008)
His work has been exhibited in numerous group exhibitions, including those of the National Portrait Gallery, The BP Portrait Award, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Figurativas (MEAM Barcelona), The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, and The Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize.
Awards include The National Portrait Gallery's BP Young Artist Award and The De Lazlo Foundation Award for excellence from The Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
In 2019, The Ruth Borchard Collection, the UK's only public collection of self-portraits, purchased a self-portrait for its collection.