Fundraising Auction Art Academy London 2024 - Timed

Former International Cricketer Jack Russell has been a Professional Artist for more than 30 years. Awarded an MBE for Services to Cricket in 1996, he was capped 94 times for his country whilst playing 23 years for his beloved county, Gloucestershire. He became an artist as a result of the boredom of sitting in cricket pavilions whilst rain stopped play. In frustration, and saying to his teammates “If Rembrandt can do it, so can I,” he stormed out of the dressing rooms at the New Road cricket ground in Worcester in 1987 and went into town to buy a sketchpad and pencils.