Sad News

August 23, 2023 by admin

From Peter Hayton

It is with the greatest sadness that I have to announce, on behalf of Eric’s wife Angie Kincaid, that Eric passed away peacefully at home with her by his side, as he wanted, on Friday 18th August 2023.
Eric became famous for his wonderful children’s book illustrations, some of the titles were Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, and Peter Pan, to name just three, but there were many more famous titles illustrated in the 40+ years that he painted them.
When he retired the world of Miniatures became his life, and I was honoured that he pushed me into showing my miniatures with him at the exhibitions, with a hand shake, after I gave him some miniature brushes and said he should try painting miniatures. We became brothers in ARMS with the Royal Miniatures Society in London together and then both achieved our RMS together after 5 years of exhibiting. We kept encouraging each other to keep showing both at the Royal Miniatures Society, The Hilliard Society and the Society of Limners for the next 11 years. We became full members of all the British Societies together and had such fun coming up with new ideas to paint.
Eric has painted a good number of miniatures since 2012 when we first showed at the RMS, some of the which were, Alice in Wonderland, Wind in the Willows, The Jungle book and Oliver Twist, plus a series of dragons, a series of Fairies and a series of Nursery Rhyme images, most of which you’ve can see on these pages.
I’m sure you will join me in sending your condolences to his loving wife Angie, daughter Fi and all his family.

You will be so sadly missed Eric, by so many people that you touched with your wonderful art over the years.

Rest well in the stars dear friend, you deserve it. 🙏💔

Original Art Register

October 15, 2016 by admin

Whoopee! At last there is somewhere on the internet that provides a vital, long-overdue service and resource for artists, designers and photographers like me to register my originals.

The UK based Fine Art Trade Guild has just launched the The Original Art Register (OAR) for Guild members, and non-members. This is a whole new service for the fine art industry.

The service is a central register of original images with details of the copyright holder, and a date, plus other information.

OAR will enable any artist, designer, photographer, publisher, art gallery, or fine art printer to register and provide proof of origination that can deter and prevent copying or copyright theft of their creation. It also has the advantage of protecting their intellectual property and their copyrighted images, for ever.

And as a big bonus the central library archive of images and their details will be available as a free, secure searchable source for collectors, dealers, and licensing business queries.

This register needed to be established and maintained by a reputable, international, not-for-profit organization.

The Fine Art Trade Guild, established in 1847, fulfills this condition perfectly.

This  scheme is so good because.

  • It is affordable
  • It is secure.
  • It is comprehensive.
  • It is global.
  • It is simple.

The scheme also.

  1. Archives image.
  2. Records image properties.
  3. Establishes copyright details.
  4. Provides a free, secure, public, searchable, database of an artists work worldwide.

This is why this it’s such a great asset.

Artists, designers, and photographers can create an image. Then for a small affordable registration fee they can lodge the record of that image into a secure globally available data-base. The record will establish crucial details about the image so that full-value and reward will be ensured and obtained by the creator.

How it works for artists, photographers, etc:

  • You first log in the Guild website and apply to become a registrant. Easy and free!
  • Prospective registrants do not have to be Guild members to register and add images.
  • Currently it costs just three pounds to register and protect each image.
  • Thereafter there is an annual maintenance fee and admin charge of a few pennies per image.
  • Guild Members get access to the recording process at a reduced rate, with a 33% discount, at £2 per image.
  • For Guild Members, if required, a link from the registered image can go direct to the artists or dealers own website.
  • The online system records the image, and copyright owner.
  • The image is assigned a unique OAR ID number.
  • The register shows artist, title, medium, substrate, date, and dimensions of the original image.
  • The registrant can show details of limited editions or open editions that have been made from the image.
  • Plus details if the image is used to create any other products directly from the artist.
  • It also shows if the image has been licensed for prints, calendars, fabrics, greetings cards, etc.
  • The registrant can download the unique Certificate of Registration and point-of-sale card for each image.
  • Anyone can discover and contact the image creator and owner.
  • The OAR register is available for everybody to freely examine.
  • The OAR register can be searched using a variety of categories like landscape, animal, floral, people, seascape, etc.
  • The register can also be searched for any image or participating artist or photographer by name, image title or medium
  • The register is available 24/7 online from the Guild website.

From now on.

An artists, designer or photographer who creates an image can now record that image and register the date and other details proving they are the legitimate copyright holder of that image.

This will enable them to freely promote their work without the worry that it could be copied or stolen without any means of redress.

In the event of a copyright challenge the certificate of registration and proof of a registered date would be an invaluable asset for the artists, designer or photographer to help prove ownership.

They can also use the archive of registered and searchable images to promote themselves to galleries, dealers, publishers, licensors, investors, and collectors.

The register can be used to log archived images and not just new images.

An Exciting Future.

It is becoming much more obvious just how significant this register can be in the future.

If an artist or photographer creates a new artwork that they are happy with they would be very remiss not to register that image straight away for such a small sum. This quick and simple process will ensure that that image is forever safe. They will also have a visual record of the date and other details and interested parties will be able to keep abreast of new work as it’s produced.

Link to my Registered Originals at The Fine Art Trade Guild …  click here

New Print Range, The Romance of Fairies

November 6, 2015 by admin

I am having great fun painting my Romance of Fairies range of miniature prints. I’m hoping to produce at least ten for the range but have six up at the moment. I hope you like them and look forward to seeing them out in the galleries that sell my work. for full details see my The Romance of Fairies link under Published Prints Gallery page.

Oberon

Oberon

Moonlight Flight

Moonlight Flight

Fairy Dust

Fairy Dust

Contemplation

Contemplation

Titania

Titania

Serenade

Serenade

 

The Society of Limners, Full Membership

November 6, 2015 by admin

 

The Society of Limners

The Society of Limners

Today I received official conformation that I am now a full member of The Society of Limners. I am so pleased to have become a member of this Society as they promote and encourage the painting of miniatures and engraving to a high standard. They also actively teach miniature painting to all ages through society courses every year.http://www.societyoflimners.co.uk/html/the_society.html
They also have some very good miniature calligraphists in their membership. The Society of Limners hold their annual exhibition in July at the Oxmarket Centre of Arts in Chichester. They have over 300 beautiful exhibits and is well worth a visit. I hope to see you there next year.

RMS Exhibition 2015 Acceptance

October 8, 2015 by admin

I’ve just heard that all of my 6 Fairy Miniature paintings have been accepted for exhibition in the up and coming 2015 Royal Miniature Society’s Exhibition.

They will be on show and for sale at the Mall Galleries on the Mall in London, near Admiralty Arch. I’m so excited, the full exhibition opens next week.

Royal Miniature Society Exhibition at the Mall Galleries from the 13th – 25th October 2015, 10am-5pm daily

Dr. Gervase Phinn, best selling author and public speaker, will present the Awards at 3pm Wednesday 14th October 2015.

Oberon

Oberon

Titania

Titania

Serenade

Serenade

Contemplation

Contemplation

Fairy Dust

Fairy Dust

Moonlight Flight

Moonlight Flight

Who Stole the Tarts

February 3, 2015 by admin

Who Stole the Tarts

Here is my very latest Alice in Wonderland painting and print. I had such a lot of fun doing this one. The drawing took ages before I could add any colour but it’s all finished now and I’m chuffed to bits with it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed painting it.

It will be on sale at the Towngate Gallery and all the other growing number of outlets that are listed on this website.

Alice in wonderland print for the National Framing Competion

January 24, 2015 by admin

Alice in Wonderland 150th Anniversary Print

I’m excited to announce that the Fine Art Trade Guild has put up my Alice in Wonderland Anniversary Print as the piece to be used by picture framers across the country for the National Framing Competition 2015.

The winner will be receive the prestigious award for their winning frame at the Art and Framing National Awards Weekend in Harrogate, May 2015 http://www.fineart.co.uk/article/art–framing-industry-awards-2015-932.aspx

Where to Buy

January 24, 2015 by admin

My print ranges are now on sale in an ever growing number of galleries and retail outlets.

I hope, if you would like to purchase any of my prints or gift cards, you would visit these establishments and let me know how you got on.

You can find the list on my “Where to Buy” page on this site.

Have fun till the next time.

Eric

Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Wonderland 150th Anniversary Print

January 24, 2015 by admin

Alice in Wonderland 150th Anniversary Print

I’ve painted this commemorative print to celebrate Lewis Carrol’s 150 years of Alice in Wonderland

I wanted to show the fun Alice had with all the different characters she met in Wonderland, I so enjoyed this painting and it will tie up very nicely with a project we are setting up for July/August. Watch this space for more exciting news!!

Shere Khan sells at the RMS

October 31, 2014 by admin

My Shere Khan miniature sold at the preview of the Royal Miniatures Society Exhibition at the Mall Galleries.

Shere Khan