Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Purchase Award (1963)
International Young Artist Award, Tokyo (1964)
Prize Winner at John Moores Liverpool Exhibition (1965)
Prize Winner at Open Paintings Exhibition, Belfast (1966)
First Prize (with Robyn Denny), Edinburgh Open 100 Exhibition (1969)
First Prize, Chichester National Art Exhibition (1975)
Arts Council of Great Britain Purchase Award (1979)
First Prize at John Moores Liverpool Exhibition (with ‘Broken Bride’; 1982)
Joint First Prize, Korn Ferry International Award Exhibition (with William Scott; 1986)
First Prize, Athena Art Award (1987)
Elected Royal Academician (1991)
Wollaston Award, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (1998)
Elected Foreign Painter Academician, Accademia Nationale di San Luca, Rome, Italy (2000)
Honorary Doctorate, Sheffield Hallam University (2003)
Honorary Member, Royal West of England Academy (2008)