February 2014
MAJOR PORTRAIT MARKS A NEW FOCUS:
Titled 'Emilia and Rose', this large oil painting showing an English actress Emilia Fox with her daughter has been completed for a project "Madonna and Child: Contemporary Take" and marks a move by the artist to focus on more large scale bespoke studies from life in the year ahead

November 2013
RECENT PORTRAITS FEATURED IN BRITISH VOGUE:
Three portraits are illustrated in VOGUE's Galleries throughout 2013, and several works in MODERN PAINTERS and AESTHETICA Magazine

August 2013
INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTIST PUBLISHED IN ARTISTS & ILLUSTRATORS, UK
The Summer issue of the Magazine features an interview titled "Past Master" with VK, a previous winner of THE ARTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD (2010)

July 2013
SOLO SHOW IN BELGRAVIA AND A FEATURE IN WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE
New paintings are featured in WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL to coincide with the solo-exhibition at The Osborne Studio Gallery in London

February 2013
ART DECO INSPIRED SCULPTURAL BAS-RELIEF:
New sculptural wall panel on the theme of Maurice Picaud for Folies Bergere (1929) has been completed for a private commission in Paris (pictured above)

October 2012
NEW DECORATIVE SERIES IN PARIS :
A series of seventeen commissioned oils including figurative works and still life pieces has been installed in a private residence Neully-sur Seine

August 2011
ART KUDOS AWARD:
Jury gives VK the distinguished 'Merit Award' in the international online competition, USA

September 2010
'ECCE HOMO' TAKES TOP PRIZE:
The new painting 'Ecce Homo' is given THE ARTIST OF THE YEAR award by the British Artists & Illustrator's Magazine as an overall winner in all categories in the juried competition with more than 3,500 entries nationwide