HENRY KONDRACKI (BRITISH, b.1953), 'BIRDS EYE VIEW, LONDON', contemporary Scottish school, oil on canvas, signed, (76 x 91cm). NOTES: Edinburgh born Henry Kondracki studied and qualified with a 1st class honours degree at The Slade School of Fine Art in London and is now based in his home city. It’s in Edinburgh that he seeks his inspiration, primarily focusing on the changing faces of the city and its denizens, capturing familiar scenes afresh. In he’s own words ‘you register something in your mind and you try and sort of reinvent it somehow’. The recipient of several awards including The Scottish Arts Council Award (1978); The Slade Prize in Fine Art (two years consecutively in 1985 and 1986); Cheltenham Drawing Prize (1999) and 1st place in The Hunting Art Prize (2004). Several of his works are also included in renowned collections including The Arts Council of Great Britain, City Arts Centre in Edinburgh, Glasgow City Museums and Galleries, London Guildhall, Royal Bank of Scotland, University College London and Virgin Atlantic. PROVENANCE: Gifted by the artist to ESOP.