Prince Charles’s Official Painter Opens Exhibition of Spiritual Art

Alan Cotton has travelled to the southern hemisphere with Prince Charles. He opened the exhibition, saying, “Most of the paintings ... speak directly to us.”

Artist Alan Cotton talks to NTD Television about the painting "An Orphan’s Sorrow" in which a child holds the ashes of her parents. He was Prince Charles's official painter on his tour of New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji in 2005. Mr Cotton spoke to NTD before opening The Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Art Exhibition in Sidmouth in Devon where he lives and works. To see the original interview, click the URL at the bottom of article. NTD can be accessed in a number of languages. Courtesy of NTD

An artist who has travelled the southern hemisphere with the heir to the British throne opened an international touring exhibition of paintings in his native Devon recently.