Artist
Tony is a Sheffield born self-taught artist whose only interest as a child was in making marks and squiggles
on paper, his parents made sure there were always lots of crayons, paints and paper to doodle on and after
attempting to do a still life of an orange aged 6, he admitted the result resembled a wardrobe, a year
later he did a painting of a cat which ended up looking like a chair, progress was slow. He had a fleeting
acquaintance with education, but did excel in it’s lower elements, and sold his first cartoon aged 9 to a
saturday morning tv show, receiving a token for a Milky Way chocolate bar, from then on it’s all been downhill.
Since the 1980’s he established himself as a unique cartoonist and graphic artist influenced by the
great satirical draughtsmen of the C18th and C19th and he first came to International notice in 1988
when the British Government presented his works as part of their official gift to the Australian
Government during the Bicentennial Celebrations. His highly original approach to this subject
matter has made his work much sought after and is held in private and public collections
with his work selling throughout the world and available on hundreds of
fine products from Royal Mail first day covers to dog blankets.
Set artist and designer for the movie 'Treasure Island', with Jack Palance and Patrick Bergen,
those sharp eyed will see Tony as a Pirate and Merchant Adventurer as well as being
Art Director and Designer on the documentary 'Sea Warriors - The Royal Navy in the Age of Sail' and many
collaborations with award winning Author and Historian Captain Richard Woodman LVO MNH FNI Elder Brother. Trinity House.
Having lived in or near the Peak District countryside he has at various times kept a variety of
critters including Peacocks, Golden Pheasants, Crows, Geese, Chickens, Ducks, Goats, Rats, odd orphan Barn Cats and odd Dogs.
‘..i never learnt the basics of how to draw properly, the cartoon stuff is a lowly art form and i love doing
them and have tried to push it's boundaries as i do enjoy drawing pictures...and sometimes i colour them in...’
H.M QUEEN ELIZABETH
H.R.H. PRINCE OF WALES
H.R.H. PRINCESS ROYAL
PRINCESS DIANA
ADMIRALTY WHITEHALL
KENSINGTON PALACE
HOUSE OF LORDS
HOUSE OF COMMONS
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DOWNING STREET LONDON
MANSION HOUSE LONDON
MONARCHY of SPAIN
SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO THE COURT OF ST JAMES
BBC TELEVISION
ITV
BBC RADIO
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
HMS SHEFFIELD WARDROOM
NEW SOUTH WALES HOUSE
MANSION HOUSE DUBLIN
AUSTRALIA HOUSE LONDON
LORD MOUNTBATTEN GALLERY PORTSMOUTH
NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM SYDNEY
PARLIAMENT HOUSE CANBERRA
CITY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY PORTSMOUTH
SHEFFIELD CATHEDRAL
HMS WARRIOR 1860 HARTLEPOOL
HMS WARRIOR 1860 PORTSMOUTH
HM NAVAL BASE PORTSMOUTH
HMS TRINCOMALEE 1897 HARTLEPOOL
AUGUSTUS BARNETT WINE CHAIN
SIMMONITE GALLERY 1980-2007
GALLERIE MARIN APPLEDORE
MAYNARD GALLERY 1972-77
PEACOCK GALLERY 1977-97
RIGHT WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CUTLERS SHEFFIELD
UNICEF
SCRIMSHAW GALLERY USA
WARWICK LEADLAY GALLERY LONDON
SUZANNE BARLEY GALLERY NZ
THE SEA WARRIORS by RICHARD WOODMAN (Endpapers by Tony Fernandes)
CONSTABLE AND ROBINSON PUBLISHING
TALLSHIPS BOOKS USA
'TREASURE ISLAND' FILM Artist and Designer
'SEA WARRIORS - The Royal Navy in the Age of Sail' ~ ART DIRECTOR
THE BEAGLE PROJECT - PLYMOUTH UK
AMERICAS CUP 150th JUBILEE - ISLE of WIGHT
ROYAL MAIL
COWES WEEK ~ EXHIBITION
ARTISTS HARBOUR GALLERY
PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD
BOWSPRITART - GEORGE JEPSON GALLERY USA
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL of the SEA PORTSMOUTH
TRAFALGAR BICENTENNIAL 1805-2005
PORTMEIRION POTTERIES
HAHNEMUHLE FINE ART PAPERS
INFOCADO CALENDARS
PADBLOCK STATIONERY
SOUL TRADER GREETINGS
WILD APPLE GRAPHICS USA
CREATIVELYDIFFERENTBLINDS
PARASTONE FIGURINES
CLOTHWORKS TEXTILES USA
HERITAGE ART PAPERS
THE ROMANSLEIGH COLLECTION
RNLI
ROYAL MAIL-THE DESIGN MUSEUM, LONDON.
IGMA-IMAGING
QUARTERDECK MAGAZINE USA
SCHOLASTIC USA Inc.
THE TEACHING COMPANY USA - The Great Courses
DFA - Licensing
Professional Cartoonists Orginisation
ALL OUT CRICKET - Publication
NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL
HARWICH - MAYFLOWER Ship Project 1620-2020
THE LONDON CARTOON EXHIBITION 2019
ART MARINE GALLERY
4 Exhibitions at the Javits Center,
Hells Kitchen, Manhattan, NY City
PRO CARTOONISTS EXHIBITION 2019
PRO CARTOONISTS EXHIBITION 2020
MAYFLOWER 400th ANNIVERSARY
PRO CARTOONISTS EXHIBITION 2022
CAPTAIN COOK MEMORIAL MUSEUM WHITBY UK
ROYAL RESEARCH SHIP DISCOVERY 1901 DUNDEE