Eric Pentecost was born in Brighton, Sussex in 1951 and received his art education at West Sussex College of Art and Design.Eric continued with his art through the years on a spare time basis. He settled down with his wife Sally in the West Country in the late 1970’s and started selling artwork at local exhibitions around Bristol and Bath.
In 2000, Eric gained a number of important painting commissions which rekindled his passion as an artist. In 2006 he completed a study in Life Drawing at the Bristol Academy of Art and in 2007 he moved to Cornwall with Sally and is now living just outside St.Just on the wild and windy Penwith Peninsular. Besides holding a number of successful exhibitions at the Great Atlantic Galleries in Cornwall, he also exhibits in galleries in Brittany and the Algarve and has sold artwork at a number of Art Shows in London, Edinburgh, York and Worcester.