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He was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
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Ben Dearnley
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In 1997 Dearnley began his training in carving stone with sculptor Les Sandham. Dearnley was selected as an Official Olympic Artist for London"s 2012 Olympics, and is best known for his "Avenue of Champions" series, a collaboration with some of Britain’s finest Olympic and Paralympics athletes to commemorate the 2012 Games. Athletes depicted in the series include: Ade Adepitan, Debbie Flood, Alex O"Connell, Christine Ohuruogu, Lee Pearson, Louis Smith, Leon Taylor and Steve Williams.
Possibly most notable is a monumental, three-tonne block of Bath Stone depicting the torso of Olympic swimmer Mark Foster, commissioned by the City of Bath and now displayed in the city"s Southgate Shopping Centre.
