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Hamilton Sloan (born 9 December 1945 in Belfast ) is an Irish painter. He lives in Bangor.
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Hamilton Sloan (born 9 December 1945 in Belfast ) is an Irish painter. He lives in Bangor.
He was born in Belfast and spent a lot of his life in Comber, County Down.
Sloan worked in the Ulster Museum and completed many of the exhibits there today, the best known being Peter the Polar Bear. [1]
Sloan pent several years in Donegal perfecting his craft.
He has lived and painted throughout Ireland. He works mostly in oil and watercolour.
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