After leaving school he went down the pit like his father, and was an apprentice miner.  he also attended wakefireld college to study mining, but left to join the army.

Many jobs followed and he started to paint seriously in 1987, and had his first one man exhibition after this in Leeds Harrogate and Blackpool.

Allen has always been drawn to industrial landscapes.  He found later in life that he has Aspergers Syndrome a for o fAutism – He knew he was different but couldn’t explain why, he described his feeling as ” I was bursting with energy inside to express myself and found art was my only friend.

Laurie has been tutoring in drawing and painting ever since.  Hiswork can be seen in private, public and corporate collections throughout the U.K.

He still lives in the West Midlands and is currently lecturing  at Wolverhampton University and Sutton Coldfield College.  Much of his work, especially his new Platinum Range features precious metals of sterling silver and gold leaf as well as the stunning colours that can be seen throughout his range.

There are few modellers who can produce accurate and detailed studies covering  such a diverse range of subjects.  Mick is one of the few who has achieved this goal, working from reference books, his own drawings, photography and his own observations.

We also stock a range of bronzes from Butler and Peach which are from 35mm high all are gift boxed with prices starting at £25.00 and featuring 22 different animals.

The Images below are a small selection from our stock.

Born in the small town of Mansfield, Notts my earlist memory is of a present one Christmas that changed my life.  It was a small book of black and white illustrations called “The Magic Painter” and came with a paintbrush and no paints!.   To this day I rememberthe exact feeling I had when I realisedthat this was a very, very special book indeed, you painted the images with water and the images appeared  – I was hooked.