wa portrait artists
Charles Moxon
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Charles Moxon (b.1990) is a British painter who has recently relocated to Western Australia. He studied in Aix-en-Provence and Camberwell College of Arts, London, later developing his practice through an extensive self-directed study of classical painting techniques. Moxon has been twice selected for the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, London (2016, 2020), was awarded a Certificate of Excellence by the Portrait Society of America (2022), and was a finalist in their Members Competition (2024 and 2025). He has exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and in 2025, two of his works were welcomed into the collection of the Black Cultural Archives in London. His portrait of Colin Jackson CBE is held in the permanent collection of Wrexham University. Moxon’s practice draws on classical European painting traditions, particularly the compositional clarity and controlled light of 17th-century portraiture. Working with meticulous underpainting, subtle glazing, and a refined, often subdued palette, he creates portraits that merge technical precision with an atmosphere of stillness and psychological depth. Extended periods living across multiple countries have shaped the contemplative direction of Moxon’s work. A nomadic life introduced a heightened awareness of impermanence, making stillness not a description of circumstance, but something deliberately sought and held within his paintings. Whether depicting solitary figures, symbolic objects, or flowers emerging from near-black grounds, Moxon’s paintings explore presence, fragility, and the narratives suggested by gesture and silence. His work reflects a contemporary pursuit of stillness in an increasingly accelerated world, offering viewers a space for contemplation, emotion, and pause.
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