Ben Birdsall

Ben Birdsall is an English artist, novelist and screenwriter. He has written such works as "Blue Charm" and "Tuscany by Vespa".

Life

Born in West Yorkshire, England, in 1967, Ben Birdsall was educated at Sedbergh School and Durham University. After graduating he took up various jobs including road sweeper, bingo caller and courier, spending part of each year since childhood in his mother’s native West of Ireland where he developed an interest for landscape painting, moving to Italy in 1992 to continue his pursuit of the art. Always writing, his play "‘Staggart Lane’" was performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1987 and in 1995 his novel ‘Blue Charm’ was published by Blackstaff Press, Belfast, shortlisted for the Authors’ Club of Great Britain Best First Novel Award. In 2005 his short screenplay "‘Galatea’" was filmed in Tuscany by Australian artist, Jamie Boyd. Birdsall has exhibited paintings in Italy, Ireland, England and Switzerland, where he lives now with his wife and daughter.

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External links

* Paintings from Tuscany by Vespa viewable on the following site: [http://www.art.birdsalls.org Art.birdsalls]