Julian Bailey

Julian Bailey was born in Cheshire in 1963. He trained at the Ruskin School of Art and studied for an MA at the Royal Academy Schools.

In 1998 Julian and the family moved to West Dorset and have lived at the Old Vicarage ever since. For several years Julian painted the coastal stretch from Lulworth Cove to Ringstead Bay, sometimes from a little dinghy stored down at the beach. Seven one-man shows took place at Browse and Darby over these twenty or more years. In recent years Julian’s attention turned towards the landscape around Dorchester. Under the influence of Thomas Hardy he began a major series of work based on Tess of the D’urbevilles and other Hardy novels. Julian’s work can be found in galleries throughout the country and has been widely collected over the last forty years.