Paul Karslake FRSA (born 1958) is an artist, primarily a painter. He is the brother of Jo Wood

Jo Wood

Jo Wood is an English model, TV personality and entrepreneur. She is the ex-wife of Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood....

, former wife of Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones. In the early 1970s Karslake was tutored by Sir Peter Scott

Peter Scott

Sir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC and Bar, MID, FRS, FZS, was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer and sportsman....

; towards the end of that decade he met Salvador Dali

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....

 during a trip to Spain. Karslake then spent four years in California, working for the LA Art Studios, CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 Television and Disney, with whom he later collaborated on the EuroDisney project. Karslake has had numerous solo exhibitions, has won several awards including the Evening Standard

Evening Standard

The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...

Environment Award in April 1990. Karslake is frequently asked to tutor at art colleges and schools. In 2002 Karslake signed for reproduction rights with the Bridgeman Art Library

Bridgeman Art Library

The Bridgeman Art Library, based in London, Paris, New York and Berlin, provides one of the largest archives for reproductions of works of art in the world...

. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 1990. The Karslake Centre, a centre for arts education, was opened at the Cornelius Vermuyden School and Arts College

Cornelius Vermuyden School and Arts College

Cornelius Vermuyden School and Arts College is a Foundation, comprehensive school for boys and girls ages 11–16 with a specialism in the arts. Located in Canvey Island, Essex, the school is named after the famous Dutch land engineer Sir Cornelius Vermuyden who was famous for reclaiming large areas...

on 15 September 2005.

External links

• http://www.metro.co.uk/galleryDetailPage.html?in_gallery_id=1522&in_page_id=3&in_image_id=16632&in_category_id=1680
• http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/19215,in-pictures,news-in-pictures,paul-karslakes-ideas-and-idols-exhibition
• http://www.paulkarslake.co.uk