Keith Fulford (b.1962 in Richmond, London) lives and works from a studio near the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire.

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Taking movement as his main subject, he makes pencil sketches, pencil studies and oil paintings. Horseracing, Dance, Wildlife and Sport are recurring themes among many others.

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Before turning to painting full-time, he qualified as a Designer (BTEC National Diploma and BA Hons Degree) and worked for a number of years in Design Consultancies, Retail Design, Upholstery manufacturing and TV/Film Set Design. He holds a Masters Degree in Art and Design.

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He has exhibited his artwork all over the UK including private galleries, The Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, The Affordable Art Fair and at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists open submission.

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At the Autumn Fair 2005, he was placed second in the New Artists competition held at Birminghams NEC. As a result of this success, his early cityscape paintings were published by DeMontfort Fine Art. In 2008 he was a finalist in the Canon print Art Business Today competition.

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After serious illnesses - Keith has always been very open about his mental health struggles ("I've done a lot of Psychotherapy but my Art was my best therapy") - he turned them into an artistic advantage. This resulted in a shift in his artistic direction away from his early paintings of the city. He realised that movement had always been evident in his paintings but had never treated this as his main subject and so began to develop a visual language with which to express it.

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This artistic reassessment led to a more personal and unique visual language to the process of making his Art. This was primarily based around the importance to him of sketching and drawing as a way of seeing and recording an impression of the idea before making a painting.

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As a result, mark-making is now integral to his working processes. Because of his Hyper Sensory Sensitivity, returning to black and white - a more tonal approach - opened out new artistic possibilities for him. This also sets him fresh and exciting challenges for his future use of colour.

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He has paintings in private collections in the UK, the USA and Hong Kong.