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b. 1944 -

Tony Shorthouse was born at Gillingham, Kent, in 1944 and educated at Gravesend Grammar School. He joined the Metropolitan Police on leaving school in 1961 and worked as a detective in London’s East End and Scotland Yard. He moved to Cornwall in 1973 and briefly ran a restaurant in St.Ives and took up painting at this time. He rejoined the Police in the local Constabulary and served in Devon and Cornwall until his retirement as Inspector in 1994. Throughout his police career he actively persued his love of painting.

On retirement, Tony opened the Waterfront Gallery in Penzance, turning his hobby into a new career, but soon found that he preferred to be painting full time and now works from his home studio as Tresowes.

Formerly a member of the St.Ives Society of Artists, he has regularly exhibited in many West Cornwall Galleries and Brittany.

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b. 1944 -

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Tony Shorthouse was born at Gillingham, Kent, in 1944 and educated at Gravesend Grammar School. He joined the Metropolitan Police on leaving school in 1961 and worked as a detective in London’s East End and Scotland Yard. He moved to Cornwall in 1973 and briefly ran a restaurant in St.Ives and took up painting at this time. He rejoined the Police in the local Constabulary and served in Devon and Cornwall until his retirement as Inspector in 1994. Throughout his police career he actively persued his love of painting.

On retirement, Tony opened the Waterfront Gallery in Penzance, turning his hobby into a new career, but soon found that he preferred to be painting full time and now works from his home studio as Tresowes.

Formerly a member of the St.Ives Society of Artists, he has regularly exhibited in many West Cornwall Galleries and Brittany.

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