Mike Chaplin

Michael James Chaplin
Born	19 September 1943 Little Barford, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire
Nationality	British
Education	Watford School of Art (NDD), Brighton School of Art (Postgraduate)
Known for	Watercolour, Etching, Oil
Awards	The Turner Award 2011
Website	www.mikechaplin.com

Michael James Chaplin (Mike) NDD, RWS, RE, FRSA (born 19 September 1943) is a British artist, known primarily for his work in the mediums of etching and watercolour. He was guest art expert on the Channel 4 art programme Watercolour Challenge with Hannah Gordon.

Mike was born at Little Barford, to the south of St. Neots, in Huntingdonshire (now part of Bedfordshire), and attended primary school in Sandy, Bedfordshire.

In the early 1950s, he moved with his parents and older sister to Harpenden, on the outskirts of St Albans in Hertfordshire. His love of art was already starting to develop.

He attended St Albans Boys' Grammar School (since renamed Verulam School) and was a contemporary there of Colin Blunstone and Chris White, who later formed the pop group The Zombies. In fact, Mike was the guitarist in an earlier band, along with Colin Coke and Chris White, called the Markysparks, in reference to Markyate, Chris White's home town.

Leaving school, and following a spell of working in the art department of his Alma Mater, Mike studied graphic design at Watford School of Art, gaining his National Diploma of Design. He followed this up with a postgraduate course in Printmaking at Brighton school of art, now The Faculty of Arts and Architecture, part of the University of Brighton.

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