Description: A limited edition of 195 by Bryan Ceney who can reflect on a lifetime’s interest in art and nature. From his early years he was aware of nature’s frailties. In his early teens Bryan gained a scholarship to Coventry College of Art, where he won a major award in the Daily Mirror Young Artist Competition. He later graduated to St Martins Art College in London under the tutelage of Antony Caro, Elizabeth Frink, Phillip King and Derrick Greaves.
On graduating he was contracted to New York studying photography, then Toronto and Ottawa, Canada illustrating for the Canadian Air Force. Later still to Paris, Amsterdam, Dusseldorf and London as a graphic designer. While in London he took a role in a David Puttnam movie called ‘Stardust’, a film based on The Beatles legend. The film producer also introduced him to modelling where he worked for photographers David Bailey, Herb Ritts and Sid Robeson. Between assignments, he fitted in a 10 year career as a professional footballer.
Later he worked alongside the artists at Thames Television designing and executing artwork for the ‘station identity’ as well as most of the programmes that made the company famous. He is also known as the artist who originated the cover for the Bee Gees album ‘Saturday Night Fever’.
His passion though remained art and nature and his artwork reflects the need to illustrate the romance and beauty that embrace all aspects of his profession. In his quest for first-hand knowledge of nature, he worked on many conservation projects and made journeys to most of Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. This is amply illustrated in these pages and all his exhibitions. His work is memorable and certainly worth seeking.
