Cy started modelling a bit back in 1973 but took a break for a few decades to do a regular job. In recent years he has modelled for universities, colleges, schools, adult education, students’ unions, art courses, artists, businesses and many local drawing groups across the Greater London area.
Cy has an Enhanced DBS certificate for working in schools and a basic certificate for any other institutions that require one.
Portrait by Zoe @__zoe_c, 2023
WinterSummer
Beards tend to grow in the winter and vanish in the summer
Some favourite poses
Amazing style and use of colour by @yongyoonkit Yoon-Kit Yong
Drunk AgainSitting Sideways on a ChairThe Boxer – this artist captured the underlying intent of the poseThe Boxer / Street Fighter In My Best Kaftan, Channelling Demis RoussosThinker – artists often struggle with the position of the right elbowLinked poses- helping myself upLinked poses – fighting myselfby Mark Satchwill 2021By Aaron WilliamsWalking with my father’s carved stickLeaning on my father’s stick – V&A 20 minsZooming from my Armchair by Robert WaddinghamMarsyas Tied To A Tree by Robert WaddinghamMarsyas Playing at the Foot of a Tree by Victoria RanceMarsyas Playing at the Foot of a Tree by Victoria RanceMarsyas has Lost the Contest by Victoria RanceThe Little MermaidThe Boxer by Paul Kindersley 2024Sitting Sideways by Paul Kindersley 2024Assorted poses on black paper by Catherine HallDespair by Catherine HallBy Frank Duffy, Blackheath ConservatoireThe DrunkThe ThinkerThe Umbrella Pose – V&A 20 minsThe VictorianDrunk AgainExquisite mark-making by Maki Doi
Some portraits
Painting by Rod Kitson 2024Excerpt from Spat by Riva Pearce 2010Portrait by Jessica Voorsanger, January 2019Portrait by Jennifer Binnie 2018Portrait by Joe Barrow 2019Donna 2020By Frances Felgate, 2016by Rod Kitson, Isolation Art, 2023by Luke Ratz at CaveAs King Lear 2021Boxer by Wilfrid Wood 2024Sitting Sideways by Wilfrid Wood 2024Painting by BAZPortrait by Spencer Tunick
