I began explore painting a few years ago. Most has been with acrylics. I have taken a few classes, but I am still experimenting with ideas and techniques. Here is the result of some of the experiments.
There have been people asking if I am the British oil painter named Don Vaughan who was born in Chiswick, England in 1919. No, I am not. To read about him, go to ‘Comments’
Don Vaughan 
did you paint any winter scenes, i.e small holding surrounded by trees,a woodland scene,horse and cart , lead by a man with a small child,dog and two children in the back gound with a sledge,the scene is also covered in snow.??
kind regards.
Dot,
That sounds like a very interesting painting, but it was not a painting of mine. I believe there was a British painter that painted scenes like you described. Some of his paintings have come up for sale in British Art Galleries once in a while. I don’t believe he is still alive. Sorry I couldn’t be more help.
Don
Hi Don,
I have a painting signed lower left Don Vaughan, i have looked up your paintings on the internet and came across the painting it is called the last load but it is painted on board did you paint it , does it remind you of Coos Bay when you were a young boy , i hope you are pleased to know it has found its way to Ireland and i will take great care of it , i do hope you painted it , i have two brother in laws one lives in Vancouver and the other lives in Quesnel , it is 12 years since my last visit to Canada but i will never forget Vancouver what a city i loved it and your work.
Kind regards,
Maurice Salmon
Maurice,
Thank you for your E-Mail, Sorry, I am not the artist of your painting. The early 20th century British artist, Don Vaughan probably passed away many years ago. I have had other inquiries by other people who have acquired paintings of his. His paintings have been sold in auction throughout Britain in recent years. If you want to find out more about him, one of these auction houses may be able to give you more information on who he was. It is only through these inquiries that I even became familiar with his paintings. If you find out more about him I would be interested in knowing what you find out. Here is a list of a few of the recent paintings that have been sold in Britain:
River Landscape,
Auction: Lot number: 2397, Estimate £150-250
Gorringes -Sep 2, 2009 – Lewes
oil on canvas River landscape signed 20 x 30in. (50.80 x 76.20 cm)
Lakeland Landscape,
Auction: Lot number: 173, Estimate: €92.71 – €139.07
Cameo Auctioneers and Valuers -Aug 18, 2009 – Midgham
oil on canvas, Framed oil on canvas of a Lakeland landscape 20″ x 24″ (50.80 x 60.96 cm)
Short Eared Owl,
Auction: Lot number: 1048, Estimate £50-80
John Nicholson -Jul 9, 2009 – Fernhurst
Gouach, 43.28 x 33.02 cm (17×13 ins.)
Landscape with horses
Auction: J P Humbert Auctioneers Ltd: United Kingdom, Auction Date: 2010
Oil on canvas,signed lower left. 23.5″x 35”
“Winter Snow Scene with Figures by a River near a Farmhouse,”
Auction: Lot 351: Mealys Fine Art: Ireland
Oil on canvas., 59cms x 89cm (23″ x 35″),
signed and its companion “Ploughing Scene,” a pair.
Country landscape with fence in the foreground by a fire-bar gate and lake, horse and cart and farm labourers in the background,
Auction: Lot 465, Gildings: United Kingdom, Date: 2004
Oil on canvas, signed, 38cms x 60cm, (15in x 24in).
Fishing Village, also referred to as Aberayron, mid Wales
Auction: Dreweatts, United Kingdom
Oil on canvas signed lower right (20 x 40 in) (51 x 102 cm)
`English landscape’ with grazing horses and stream,
Auction: Lot 287, Steven B Bruce Auctioneers Ltd.: United Kingdom, Date: 2005
oil on canvas signed 60 x 90 cm.
Hi Don,
Thank you for reply, if i get any information on the artist i will gladly let you know.
Kind Regards,
Maurice.
I have an oil painting Harvesting signed D Vaughan. Please would you be able to give me more information on the artist and the painting
Thank you
Doreen
i am also in possesion of a painting in the same name,harvesting,it depicts 2 horses pulling some hay,walking by a pond,i wonder if it is the same painting.?? i also wonder if it has any value.?please let me know either if you can,many thank’s.
Laurence,
All I can tell you is what I sent David;
If you read my replies to other request you will see all I know about the British Don Vaughan. If you have a painting of his, you probaly live in Britian. Some of the art dealers there should be able to tell you if you have an original. Try sending your inquiory to Rosenstiel’s Fine Art Publishers at: http://www.publishersglobal.com/directory/publisher-profile/17066/
The other Don Vaughan, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Hi don l have a painting l got of my dad it’s got your signed autograph on the right side the painting is could Autumn ploughing l looked it up just want to now if it’s real or not amanda
i belave i have a painting by don vaughan and would like to know more about it the painting looks like a farm whith a horse and cart bringing in the hay my name is steve
Steve,
Sorry, I am not the artist you are looking for. The 20th century British artist, Don Vaughan probably passed away many years ago. I have had other inquiries and some sites have directed you to me. It is only through these inquiries that I even became familiar with his paintings. His paintings have been sold in auction in recent years throughout Britain. One of these auction houses may be able to give you more information on who he was. If you find out more about him I would be interested in knowing what you find out.
Don Vaughan,Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
thanks you for your reply if i find out any moor i will let you know steve
Hello Don,
sorry to bug you 🙂
Saw painting in Salvation Army store ‘returning from field works’ with Vaughan name on lower left and Able Auction sticker on the back of the frame.
Would you be so kind to tell if this is an original work or print ?
thanks in advance for your time,
best wishes,
Serge
With so many queries about the “other” Vaughan
You must wonder @ times why you started this thread
Your totems painting brings back warm memories of Ninstints
Did it happen to be the inspiration?
When I click on the image I had hoped it would appear larger
Is this not an option?
This biography was compiled from information gained on the British Don Vaughan and confirms much of the information placed on your site.
Mike-Taylor@promelectronics.co.uk
Don Vaughan
Born in 1916 in Chiswick, Middlesex, England.
His father was employed by a firm of Merchant Bankers in the City of London while his mother was a schoolmistress.
On leaving Grammar School in Chiswick he attended a Polytechnic School of Art to study art and design.
His first employment was in the design studio of a leading London Furnishing House, mainly preparing colour sketches for interior schemes.
During the war he joined the Royal Air Force in 1939 as a draughtsman, and subsequently served three years in the Middle East and Africa. He painted local scenes in any available time he had and exhibited in Cairo and Cape Town, selling most of pictures
Returning to civilian life in 1946 he worked for a small advertising agency as a visualiser/layout man and then went freelance in 1951. after about four years and specialised in illustrations of a technical nature.
His preference was for painting so he continued to whenever possible as his circumstances allowed.
At the time of this biography he was married with two children, a son aged 17 years and a daughter aged 11 and was living in Woking. It was after the birth of his children he decided to paint full time, eventually leaving the advertising world.
Since that time he has produced and sold some 1200 paintings, mainly landscapes interspersed with a few railway scenes, still life etc. Out of the 31 reproductions made one gained 6th place in the top ten prints in 1980.
He enjoyed wandering in the countryside, that was increasingly diminishing, painting and sketching rural scenes from the past depicting horses ploughing, haymaking, fishing etc which he remembered from his childhood when he spent long holidays on farms.
As a lover of nature and the outdoors he abhorred the progress of creeping concrete and especially thee increasing difficulty to “get of the road”. He was once accosted by an irate farmer and accused of being from the planning department making notes for future development schemes! This however was resolved in good humour.
He has exhibited in London’s West End.
His interested in painting railway locomotives (steam) and still life subjects as well as landscapes, he used two styles of painting. His picture “Chertsey” purchased in Walton-on Thames in 1972 by the author of this biography* is in the classic ‘Oil on canvas’ style showing exquisite details of the pastoral scene.
He was interested in photography but found the camera of little use in landscape work as it is to factual, he believed an artist must put that “something” into a picture which the camera cannot achieve.
His paintings were done mainly in the South East – Surrey and Sussex, Wales and Suffolk, but he intended to visit Scotland for a spell when he found the time. (It’s not known by the author if he achieved that). He was living in Frensham, Surrey in 1986 according to note from John Garner dated 19/09/1986.
* Much of this biography was supplied with the picture of “Chersey” in 1972.
Mike,
Thanks for the Biography. This British Don Vaughan starts to be someone I now am beginning to know. It only makes me want to know more about him. I wonder if we are related? Well, If I get more inquiries, I now have answeres. Thanks again.
Canadian Don Vaughan
I have a painting,by Don vaughan. Entitled Across The Lake.By I Cant Seem To Find Any Information Regarding ThisWork. Thanks.
Paul,
Mike Taylor sent me this Bio in July 2012:Biography:
Don Vaughan, b, 1916
Don Vaughan built an enviable reputation as one of Britain’s leading landscape painters, specialising particularly in beautiful and nostalgic views of the countryside.
He was born in 1916 and brought up in London, where he attended school in Chiswick, winning a scholarship to the Chiswick Polytechnic School of Art from the County Grammar School. On leaving art school, he started work as a junior designer in the interior design studio of a leading London furnishing company and later, in order to gain experience, he worked for two years in a London commercial art studio. He turned freelance in 1951 and started to paint in oils, gouache and water colours as a freelance artist in his spare time. During that period he had a one man show in Cairo and, as a successful practitioner of his art, he continued to exhibit his work in many West End Galleries in London and around the United Kingdom until his death.
As an artist, Vaughan was fascinated by the changing seasons and by their effects on the English Countryside. He was also inspired by the changing duties of the farmer of bygone days and by the sight of horse-drawn ploughs and carts.
Extract from Rosenstiel’s Fine Art Publishers, Website.
From a family history archive I can add that his mother was called Robotham and his birth was registered in Brentford District (which adjoins Chiswick).
Paul,
If you follow down on erlier comments you will find out more about him and his work.
Hi wondering if you painted a pic of a pair of horses piling a plow with a man behind them with a house in back ground a river on the left and your name bottom right conner
Keny,
If you read the other comments on this blog you will see that the Don Vaughan your painting was painted by has died.Don Vaughan built an enviable reputation as one of Britain’s leading landscape painters, specialising particularly in beautiful and nostalgic views of the countryside.
He was born in 1916 and brought up in London, where he attended school in Chiswick, winning a scholarship to the Chiswick Polytechnic School of Art from the County Grammar School. On leaving art school, he started work as a junior designer in the interior design studio of a leading London furnishing company and later, in order to gain experience, he worked for two years in a London commercial art studio. He turned freelance in 1951 and started to paint in oils, gouache and water colours as a freelance artist in his spare time. During that period he had a one man show in Cairo and, as a successful practitioner of his art, he continued to exhibit his work in many West End Galleries in London and around the United Kingdom until his death.
As an artist, Vaughan was fascinated by the changing seasons and by their effects on the English Countryside. He was also inspired by the changing duties of the farmer of bygone days and by the sight of horse-drawn ploughs and carts.
my name is ray sikes ihave alandscape painter of two mules and a man powing in field with ahouse two the left buy don yaughan the nubers 650-17 and038556-95 on back of pictur trying to find how much it is worth
Ray,
If you read the other comments on this blog you will see that the Don Vaughan your painting was painted by has died.Don Vaughan built an enviable reputation as one of Britain’s leading landscape painters, specialising particularly in beautiful and nostalgic views of the countryside.
He was born in 1916 and brought up in London, where he attended school in Chiswick, winning a scholarship to the Chiswick Polytechnic School of Art from the County Grammar School. On leaving art school, he started work as a junior designer in the interior design studio of a leading London furnishing company and later, in order to gain experience, he worked for two years in a London commercial art studio. He turned freelance in 1951 and started to paint in oils, gouache and water colours as a freelance artist in his spare time. During that period he had a one man show in Cairo and, as a successful practitioner of his art, he continued to exhibit his work in many West End Galleries in London and around the United Kingdom until his death.
I have a painting of a two cottages by the side of a river. There is bridge in the foreground with two birds flying above the bridge. There are two people on the bridge lookin g into the river. Signed Don Vaughan.
Could this be an original of his.
Regards
David Ledward
David,
If you read my replies to other request you will see all I know about the British Don Vaughan. If you have a painting of his, you probaly live in Britian. Some of the art dealers there should be able to tell you if you have an original. Try sending your inquiory to Rosenstiel’s Fine Art Publishers at: http://www.publishersglobal.com/directory/publisher-profile/17066/
The other Don Vaughan, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Hi, this weekend is nice for me, for the reason that
this moment i am reading this fantastic educational piece of writing here at my house.
Don,
Just for the record, my father knew Don Vaughan. They drank togther in the same pub in Woking, Surrey in the 1970’s and I met the painter once or twice. My father retired elsewhere in 1981.
In addition to landscapes, the English Don Vaughan painted numerous birds in what was a style clearly influenced by the great Briitish wildlife artist Archibald Thorburn. What is less well known is that Don painted under the pseudonym “Vortigern” – and you can still see – generally single bird – Vortigern prints being sold today on ebay. Some Vortigern prints were sold as signed and unsigned singles and sets and a few made it onto placemat sets. Needless to say, my father had plenty of these prints and mats! I think the originals of these were watercolours. He also produced landscapes and large bird paintings in oil – a couple of which my father got after the commissioning clients said they wanted something different (or similar – can’t remember).
Hope this has been of interest.
Regards
Ian Magness
Ian,
Although I am not a realitive of Don Vaughan, the English painter, that helps make Don Vaughan seem more than a name in history,or maybe I am, but just don’t know his ancestory. Thank you.
hi there hve a painting signed at the bottom left hand side don vaughan the painting has a little boat in the lake with a man and two children is this one of your paintings thanks
If you read the other comments on this blog you will see that the Don Vaughan your painting was painted by has died. Don Vaughan built an enviable reputation as one of Britain’s leading landscape painters, specialising particularly in beautiful and nostalgic views of the countryside.
He was born in 1916 and brought up in London, where he attended school in Chiswick, winning a scholarship to the Chiswick Polytechnic School of Art from the County Grammar School. On leaving art school, he started work as a junior designer in the interior design studio of a leading London furnishing company and later, in order to gain experience, he worked for two years in a London commercial art studio. He turned freelance in 1951 and started to paint in oils, gouache and water colours as a freelance artist in his spare time. During that period he had a one man show in Cairo and, as a successful practitioner of his art, he continued to exhibit his work in many West End Galleries in London and around the United Kingdom until his death.
Hi,
I came here looking for information about British D.Vaughan. Thank you Canadian D.Vaughan for
answering these questions so patiently. At this point perhaps you should set the web site up as a D.Vaughan site!
We all come here looking to learn about it’s value (the answer is about 250 sterling for the big ones on canvas) so you could allow us to host pictures of our art which you value and try to sell, for commission of course. You would be the worlds leading authority on D.Vaughan, which of course you already are in more ways than one.
It just seems to me the universe is trying to tell you something.
Your 3 red abstracts I can see look strong, I quite like the light in the totem pole picture too.
Thanks and regards.
Andrew,
That is an interesting thought. I will go and find out more about him. I might even be related to him. Thanks for the thought and the kind comments.
Don
Hedley, I have an oil painting signed by Don Vaughan in the bottom right hand corner, it is painted on a board with abeautiful gilt frame , the picture is of two horses pulling a plough with a man in behind , we have had this for 25 years now and wondering what it might be worth, can you help, isit one of yours? Many thanks
Hedley,
The Don Vaughan your painting was painted by has died. Don Vaughan built an enviable reputation as one of Britain’s leading landscape painters, specialising particularly in beautiful and nostalgic views of the countryside.
He was born in 1916 and brought up in London, where he attended school in Chiswick, winning a scholarship to the Chiswick Polytechnic School of Art from the County Grammar School. On leaving art school, he started work as a junior designer in the interior design studio of a leading London furnishing company and later, in order to gain experience, he worked for two years in a London commercial art studio. He turned freelance in 1951 and started to paint in oils, gouache and water colours as a freelance artist in his spare time. During that period he had a one man show in Cairo and, as a successful practitioner of his art, he continued to exhibit his work in many West End Galleries in London and around the United Kingdom until his death.
Having a Don Vaughan painting, I would guess that you live in England, Is that so? Have you explored your Family Tree? How far did you go back with the Vaughan line?
Hi don i be leave ihave a picture by the British artist after reading your comments. Mine is called harvesting at dusk by Don vaughan also has a little plack with his name and year when born. I Live in Scotland
Ann,
He must have been very prolific, as I continue to hear from people in the Britian who havw paintings done by him. I have no idea what his paintings are worth, but if you find out, let me know.
Don Vaughan,the Canadian
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