After James Hart Dyke finished his studies as an architect at the Royal College of Art in 1992 he established himself as a painter of country houses, combining his architectural training with his painting ability. He worked on many private commissions and in 1998 he was selected to exhibit his work an historical exhibition The Artist and The Country House from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day at Sotheby’s, London. In 1999 he published a book    James Hart Dyke: Country House Paintings.

His figure work was selected for the BP Portrait Awards at the National Portrait Gallery, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibitions, The Discerning Eye and he was commissioned to paint a portrait of HRH The Princess Royal.


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Meadow walk, Highgrove, Gloucestershire 1998

oil on board 20x40cm

exh. HRH The Prince of Wales: A fiftieth birthday celebration, Hampton Court 1999

private collection of HRH The Prince of Wales

Tyme walk, Highgrove, Gloucestershire 1998

oil on canvas 40x60cm

ex. A fiftieth birthday celebration, Hampton Court, London

ill. Country Life, November 1999

Chastleton House, Oxfordshire 1998

oil on canvas 180x260cm

Waddesdon Manor 1996

oil on canvas 15x30cm

exh. The Artist and the Country House from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day, Sothebys 1996

private collection

Front entrance, Highgrove, Gloucestershire 1998

oil on board 15x30cm

exh. A fiftieth birthday celebration, Hampton Court

private collection of HRH The prince of Wales

Stonor Park, Oxfordshire 1998

oil on canvas 40x120cm

private collection of Lord and Lady Camoys

Crippenden Manor, Kent  1998

oil on canvas 120x220

exh. The Artist and the Country House from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day, Sothebys 1996

private collection

Chateaux Balloir, Normandy, France 1999

oil on canvas 45x60cm

private collection USA

Fryern Court, Dorest 2009

oil on canvas 80x120cm

private commission

Lochinch Castle, Scotland 2008

oil on canvas 120x220cm

private commission

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Lochinch Castle, Scotland 2007

watercolour and pencil on paper 20x35cm

Lochinch Castle, Scotland 2007

watercolour and pencil on paper 20x30cm

Hyde Park Corner 2009

oil on canvas 45x45