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Alan Taylor @asafkhan ?

active 14 years ago

About Me:

BORN IN INDIA - EDUCATED IN DELHI, PARIS AND LONDON.

ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART 1957

JOINED B.B.C. TELEVISION IN 1958 AND, IN 1959, STARTED THE B.B.C. WALES DESIGN DEPARTMENT IN CARDIFF. CONTINUED TO HEAD THE DEPARTMENT FOR OVER TWENTY FIVE YEARS.

DURING THIS PERIOD, ALSO PRACTISED AS AN EXHIBITION DESIGNER, PAINTER AND ILLUSTRATOR.

MEMBER OF THE WELSH ARTS COUNCIL ARTS COMMITTEE AND THE CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY FOR WALES DURING THE SIXTIES.

EXHIBITED PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS THROUGHOUT WALES AND IN BRISTOL, BATH, LONDON, FRANCE, HOLLAND AND THE U.S.A.

PICTURES IN COLLECTIONS IN WALES, ENGLAND AND THE U.S.A.
CAN BE SEEN ON THE WELSH ARTS COUNCIL SLIDE REGISTER AND 'AXIS'.
LISTED IN 'WHO'S WHO IN ART'.

RETIRED FROM TELEVISION IN 1987 AFTER MAJOR HEART SURGERY.
CURRENTLY PAINTING AND DRAWING FULL-TIME IN WALES.

RECENTLY HELD THE FIRST ONE-MAN SHOW OF COMPUTER ART IN WALES AT THE G.P.F. GALLERY NEWPORT. THIS WAS (SHOWN ON H.T.V.'s ARTS PROGRAMME “PRIMETIME” AND ON B.B.C. TELEVISION “WALES TODAY”

PUBLISHED A NOVEL IN PAPERBACK (“ONE DAY AS A TIGER”) BASED ON TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF INDIA.
RE-PUBLISHED THIS NOVEL ON KINDLE TOGETHER WITH THREE BOOKS OF SHORT STORIES:
“SEVEN SHORT STORIES”
“SEVEN MORE SHORT STORIES”
“GWYDION’S BRIEF”

CURRENTLY DESIGNING BOOK COVERS FOR AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS ON THE INTERNET