Paul Riley's artistic career began at the age of 15 when the Royal Academy accepted one of his works for their Summer Exhibition. At that time he was the youngest painter to have work exhibited at the Academy. Since graduating from Kingston Art School in 1965 Paul has had many exhibitions both in the UK and Europe,and further afield in Kuwait and Australia. As a result his work is to be found in many private collections worldwide. In the last 10 years Paul has established himself as one of Britain's leading watercolourists. Paul teaches his painting course both here in England and abroad, he has also found the time to write three bestselling instructional books.