Tory Lawrence began painting in l980 and lives and works in Suffolk and London. Solo exhibitions include Montpelier Sandelson, Charleston - Sussex, Newbury Spring Festival, James Colman Fine Art and Thomas Williams Fine Art New Bond St. London. She has also shown her work at the Contemporary Art Society, the Hunting Art Prize, and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions. She was winner of the Spink Prize for Painting in 1996 and 1998 and Gainsborough’s House Museum Drawing Prize in 2002. Lawrence has work in many public and private collections in the UK, Europe and the USA.