Lincoln Townley
Lincoln Townley is an English self-taught painter who paints portraits of celebrities. He lives in Cheshire and in London.
Career
Before turning to art as a career in his 40s, Townley was a celebrity publicist and PR manager.From 2015 to 2017, Townley was artist in residence at Marriott Canary Wharf. Townley's work has been featured in the Sir Hugh Casson room of The Royal Academy of Arts in 2015 and 2016. He has been commissioned to paint the world's biggest icons by Mastercard and commissioned by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles to paint celebrities in 2016 and 2017. His painting of boxer Muhammad Ali sold for $623,000 in 2017.