After completing an MA in Fine Art at the Royal College of Art in 1994, Stoner, 30, went on to study at the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam and is currently studying at the British School in Rome.

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Having gone on to Manchester Metropolitan University he is currently studying for an MA at the Royal College of Art.

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John Devane, a teacher at Coventry University with an MA from the Royal College of Art has been chosen for his group portrait of his three children, which he painted over three years and shows children emerging from childhood.

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