About the artist

Ernie Butler is an artist who works in oils, charcoal, pencil and ink who exhibits internationally and his artwork is in international collections.

Ernie is honoured to be a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts.

He lives in Elsworth, a village in Cambridge where he lives with his loving wife and family. 

He also teaches, demonstrates and has been funded by the Arts Council England, as well as others. 

He trained under William Calladine who was apprenticed to the last living Dutch old master (Jan Hendrik Eversen) on courses specifically designed to teach the techniques used by the old masters, using the Flemish technique.  

Having extensively studied these techniques as well as others including specific artists such as Turner, Carravagio, Constable, Rembrandt, Rubens, he has incorporated theses methods into his own art. 

His work displays a depth of emotion, atmosphere and light.

As Constable once said;

"Painting is about feeling"

"I want the viewer to feel the wind and the rain on his face".

Some of the reviews of his work;

"Turneresque"

"Outstanding colours and bright crispness"

“Gives the viewer hope in life’s storms”

“Even in your storms there seems to be a peace”

"Like stepping from darkness into the light"

"Wonderfully atmospheric”