Ted Stourton – Artist of the New Renaissance

The Unicorn of Tintagel Island by Ted Stourton
by Kevin Hurst

If the pen is mightier than the sword and a picture paints a thousand words, what would happen if a painter used his brush to communicate images of hope and inspiration?

That was the question that one rising British artist asked himself while taking in the extraordinary beauty of a seascape one afternoon a few years ago.

Fast forward a few years of intense, purposeful artistic production: the Ted Stourton collection at Camelot Castle Hotel in Tintagel, Cornwall is one of the largest collections of an artist’s work anywhere in the world.

In the last fourteen months alone, over nineteen hundred and fifty original works and paintings by Stourton have found their way into collectors’ hands across the world as demand for his work grows apace.

Currently, a permanent exhibition of nearly 1000 original paintings by Stourton can be seen at Camelot Castle Hotel where the artist currently has his studios.

A small sample of his work can be seen online here.

Many visitors to Camelot have remarked on the extraordinary effects that Ted Stourton’s work has had on them.

Artists from around the world have made their way to Camelot to meet Stourton, share their ideas, and to tap into the extraordinary creative inspiration that is being generated there. 

Visit the Ted Stourton Fan Site here

Ted Stourton - Artist Wizard of Camelot

Ted Stourton, the acclaimed artist, has created a treasure trove of wonders at Camelot Castle
Camelot Castle is the appropriately named hotel owned by media baron John Mappin and his wife Irina Mappin at Tintagel in Cornwall. It is here that artist-in-residence Stourton is free to splurge on aesthetic creation in his studios.
Ted Stourton is an extremely gifted, inspired and productive artist and while many have been sold to collectors from all over the world, over 1,000 of his works bedeck the Camelot Castle walls.
With John Mappin and his wife Irina Mappin, he has created at Camelot an artistic haven for artists of all kinds: painters, actors and musicians and aspiring artists invited to stay at the hotel in its idyllic and inspirational setting for free so that they can have a safe and invigorating place to explore their aesthetic specialties. Around 500 so far have taken Stourton and the Mappins up on their offer.
The project is driven by the vision shared by Stourton with his friend and mentor John Mappin of creating a place where artists can flourish and bring about an artist-led resurgence of our tired and degraded culture.
Such a vision and such a unique project naturally draws the sneers and calumny of those who work constantly to bring down the culture or who see the flowering of human creativity as something to be shunned but Stourton and Mappin continue to pursue their dream undaunted by the diatribes of the mean-spirited.
The progress of Ted Stourton's work bears witness to the power and vitality of their dream. It has been compared to Turner and Monet but Stourton's,while his output of creative works may well be unrivaled in this or any other age.
Amazingly Stourton still finds the time and energy to help and advise aspiring artists.