We are delighted to share some wonderful news. A drawing by Neil Helyard has been selected for the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ RP Drawing Prize 2026 exhibition, Revealing the Human.

This is a fantastic achievement …read more

The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2014 is a must-see for anyone interested in contemporary portraiture. The exhibition features over 210 works from a variety of artists, including well-known names and up-and-coming talent. The …read more

Over the years Neil Helyard has worked on some amazing paintings and portraits and has also had the pleasure of meeting a few people along the way. Here are a few to mention along with some notable Helyard paintings.

Boris - RSPP 2007 - surprising …read more

Neil Helyard a local Beverley artist who has been a regular visitor at Beverley art gallery since he was eight years old, has painted a wonderful portrait of a Mr Peter Orton.

Peter Orton was born and died in Beverley, with a full life in between.  …read more

Not only has Neil won the Scarborough Art Gallery’s TIG Visitor Award for his work ‘ALI’, the work has been chosen as the main promotional banner for the whole New Light Prize Exhibition.

The New Light Prize Exhibition is celebrating …read more

Check out this great video from Jill at Tulliehouse telling you why she loves Neil Helyard’s ‘Ali’ most of all: https://twitter.com/tulliehouse/status/1450152195735756800

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Neil Helyard has won the Scarborough Art Gallery’s TIG Visitor Award for his work ‘ALI’.

Neil Helyard is a talented draughtsman, whose work focusses on portraiture and the human and living form. Born in Beverley, East Yorkshire in 1951, …read more

Neil Helyard is so pleased to announce a commissioned painting of Tom Courtenay has been put in to the collection at The Garrick Club, it was presented by David Hughes in 2008. The Garrick Club Collections is an art library of paintings, prints & …read more

As part of our City of Culture (Hull 2017) Neil was invited to visit Bilton Primary School to deliver workshops to the whole school, and then more tailored talks to smaller groups of children.

After delivering Neil’s assembly approach …read more

Neil Helyard has had a new drawing ‘Stanley’, accepted into this years Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2016 exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.

His was one of a hundred works chosen out of around 2000 from around …read more

Trinity House Paintings is an international art dealers and advisers, specialising in 19th century, Modern British, Impressionist and Post-impressionist works. It also offers consultative support and expertise for those buying, selling or maintaining …read more

Trinity House are excited to announce that we will be holding a Neil Helyard exhibition in our Broadway gallery this Autumn. Neil is an incredibly talented artist who only last year was awarded the ‘Love and Legacy Prize’ by the Royal Society …read more

We spent the day doing a bit of filming with REAL DESIGN. After a short chat, Breon Snowdon from REAL asked Neil if he could paint him something - putting him on the spot. Neil quickly got his paints ready and started to paint, using his idea of painting …read more

Ali painting wins the Love and Legacy 2014 award at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

The award is sponsored by 7im and was presented by their senior executive Justin Urquhart Stewart. Winner The Love and Legacy Prize.£1,000 prize …read more

Neil has had the portrait painting of Ali accepted into this years exhibition at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries London.

This is a prestigious exhibition with entries coming from all parts of the world and runs from the …read more

Welcome to our newly designed and developed website, with its easy-to-use layout, strong bold branding and slick responsive features. The new look should help you find all the information you need as quickly as possible. Working with REAL we have revamped …read more