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Aldo Balding was born and raised in the United Kingdom and currently lives in the South of France.
He started off his career as an illustrator before making the move to France to become a full-time artist. Aldo studied at the Southampton College Faculty of Design. After leaving with a diploma in illustration he worked for the next fifteen years or so as a freelance illustrator and portrait painter producing illustrations for Punch, the Sunday Times and an array of advertising agencies.
Portrait commissions included the Miss Pears winner in 1996 and his work was selected for the BP Awards at the National Portrait Gallery and shown at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Recent portraits have included golfers Ernie Els and Paul Casey, golf commentator Peter Alliss and one of his most challenging subjects to date - MND sufferer Sarah Ezekiel, 'an amazing woman dealing with a debilitating illness'
There is a narrative element to Aldo's work in which he sets up scenarios, with no specific outcome, leaving it up to the viewer to determine what is going on. He believes that the way a person holds their body can say more about their feelings and intentions, than words. Aldo's commissioned originals hand in many private and corporate collections the World over.
Aldo Balding