Paine Proffitt (born 1972 in

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) is an American-born artist living in England, best known for his sporting works and for his depiction of the "working man's life".Kerryanne Clancy, ''The Sentinel'', 26/09/2009, "Pleasure and Paine both reflected in sporting ar

, 28/04/2011 Proffitt moved to Philadelphia when he was fourteenMike Kelly, ''Sunday Sun'', 27/01/2013, "Artist Paine Proffitt captures the magic of footbal

, 27/01/2013 after spending his early years in Saigon, Beirut and Kenya as a result of the work of his father - novelist and war correspondent Nicholas Proffitt.Dennis Hevesi, ''New York Times'', 17/11/2006, "Nicholas Proffitt, 63, Novelist and War Corresponden

, 27/07/2012 Proffitt studied illustration at the

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in 1994 before moving to England permanently in 2001.Zita Collinson, "The Sentinel", 04/03/2013, "Why my art's in the Valiant

, 12/03/2013 Proffitt cites some of his influences as being

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and

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and while not ascribing himself to any one art movement in particular, feels that

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and contemporary

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are the best labels for his work.''Creative Stoke'', "Creative Stoke interview - Paine Proffit

", 28/04/2011 The influence of Fred Otnes has also been noted, with this being most apparent in the collage work Proffitt produced under the pseudonym of Nicholas Hudson Paine. Similarities to L. S. Lowry have also been recognised due to the northern working-class themes of some of his works. Sport, and especially football, has been a major inspiration to Proffitt's artwork: 'Football is central to who we are and where we come from'. This sporting theme has seen exhibitions such as that at

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for the Rugby World Cup in 2007 as well as commissions for football programme artwork.

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used Proffitt's work for their programme covers throughout the 2011-12 season, this culminating in the July 2012 exhibition at

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. Proffitt's artwork featured on the 2012-13 programmes of Port Vale and Aberdeen FC although Proffitt's association with Port Vale goes back several seasons before this. Stoke-born popstar

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is purported to own several of Proffitt's pieces,Antiques Trade Gazette 1981 110312, 12 March 2011, p.56 "Modern debut in Cheltenham attracts bids from afa

, 26/07/2011 as do cyclists

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and

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after the city council presented them with two commissioned paintings during the Stoke-on-Trent stage of the Tour of Britain in September 2012.Steven Kennedy, ''Stoke-on-Trent City Council'', 13/09/2012, "'Great stage' for Wiggo rounds off summer of sport in the cit

, 13/09/2012 In July 2020, Proffitt created artwork depicting the song ''Alan & The Robot'' by the comedy band

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for Scott Doonican, the band's frontman. Later in the year he went on to paint the pub sign for Doonican's pub 'The Pint & Puppet'. An early Proffitt piece took top lot in a 2011 UK auction alongside work by Govinder Nazran, Sir Sidney Robert Nolan and Reggie Kray. In a departure from his football-related work, Proffitt most recently exhibited a series of gothic fairy-tale inspired paintings in an exhibition entitled Broken Sleep.Clare White, ''The Sentinel'', 31/05/2013, "Why Moorcroft is the model for the digital-age innovator

, 07/06/2013

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Proffitt, Paine 1972 births Modern painters 20th-century American painters Alumni of the University of Brighton American emigrants to England American male painters Artists from Stoke-on-Trent 21st-century American painters Naïve painters Living people 20th-century American male artists