Victoria Mary Dennistoun, known as Tory, was born in Chelsea, London in 1940. Tory was educated at East Haddon Hall School, Northamptonshire and studied painting and printmaking at Morley College, Westminster.
Since moving to Suffolk, she discovered a quite different, more gentle sense of place beneath the bright light of the famous sky.
Tory Lawrence
Tory Lawrence began painting in l980 she lives and works in Suffolk and London. Solo exhibitions include Montpelier Sandelson, Charleston - Sussex, Newbury Spring Festival, James Colman Fine Art and Thomas Williams Fine Art New Bond St. London. She has also shown her work at the Contemporary Art Society, the Hunting Art Prize, and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions. She was the winner of the Spink Prize for Painting in 1996 and 1998 and Gainsborough’s House Museum Drawing Prize in 2002. Lawrence has work in many public and private collections in the UK, Europe and the USA.
Oil on Board, 2005
Image: 38 x 30 cm
Frame: 47 x 37 cm
Inspired by Suffolk
Notable Solo Exhibitions:
Montpelier Sandelson, London,
Charleston, Sussex,
Newbury Spring Festival
James Colman Fine Art
Thomas Williams Fine Art London
Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich
National Horseracing Museum, Newmarket.