Self-taught professional figurative artist and teacher, born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, working in oils, pastel, mixed media, acrylics and water-based media. His interest was in observing people in their environment and capturing light effects. Dellar was elected a member of The Wapping Group of Artists, 1996, the Chelsea Art Society, 1997; The Langham Sketching Club, 2000; RI, 2001; and PS, 2003. He also exhibited at many other venues including RA, RSMA, NEAC, RBA, RWA and in the Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition. Dellar had several solo shows and was represented in America by the Peninsula Gallery, Lewes, Delaware. He held a City & Guilds Teaching Certificate, demonstrated to art societies, taught at his Nutcombe Hill Studio, in Hindhead, Surrey, and widely elsewhere, including Dedham Hall, Dedham; The Earnley Concourse, Chichester; Phillips House, Dinton; West Dean College, West Dean; and The Old Rectory, Fittleworth; and in France and America.