About
John Howard Worsley
ARTIST : AUTHOR : RIDDLE RAVELLER

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Born 1939: as John Howard Wright

1956 trained as a Technical Illustrator
for the Admiralty.
See very old photo 1961

1966 Ran Technical Publications department for
an Isle of Wight engineering firm.

1970 became a free-lance artist.

Following period:
Paintings and illustrations for many
high ranking people throughout the world such as:-
The Sultan of Oman, The Hon John Wakeham MP.
Actor: Arthur Lowe, The President of Gambia
Many Marine/Maritime paintings
See painting

1983 by pen-name John Worsley, author of the
hidden treasure book Spirit of the Stones
See book

1987 presented to HM Queen Elizabeth and
HRH Prince Philip when two of his paintings
(signed as John Howard Wright)
were the official gift of the Isle of Wight to
Australia, to commemorate the bicentenary of
the sailing of the First Fleet to Australia from the
Motherbank anchorage off Ryde.
See HM Queen Elizabeth II at ceremony

1994 author of Joseph's Magic Albatross.
(Now adopting the Worsley pen-and-paint-name)
See book
See book and 20 x 16 print

Since 1996 John has developed his
"Echoes of the Home Front"
series of paintings and stories which
depict incidents and heroism during
the second world war.
See example
These subjects are based on John's research,
eye-witness memories and discovery of
battle-relics & artifacts.
Here, model-making aids visualisation.
John has a large collection of WW2 model aircraft.

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1999 The New Worsley Studio and
Little Pearl Art Gallery opened in
Shanklin Old Village

November 1999 A large canvas entitled
"One Ran up the Clock" presented at a Gala Banquet in
the London Science Museum to honour
Sir Harold Ridley, inventor of the
intraocular lens which saved the eyesight of
more than 200 million people.
See photos

May 2002: Image of painting depicting
the wreck of HMS Eurydice adopted as
first-day cover envelope for issue of
new postage stamps from British Virgin Islands
See envelope & stamp

2003 and 2004 Canvasses commissioned by
The Battle of Britain Historical Society
depicting incidents during the battle.
See Painting
See another painting

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2005 The Shanklin Studio closes but
John continues in working-retirement from home.