"The Passing Bells" Readers Digest 1979	Cecil graduated from the Johannesburg Art School with the highest honours, receiving the gold medal and was immediately hired by the Central Companies Advertising, J. Walter Thompson Advertising and Zyl Associates and Schulty, to serve as Artistic Director. He was also hired by other large companies such as Peugeot, Chrysler, Rank Xerox, SA Railways, Alitalia, South African Breweries (Castle laer), Nederburg Wine Estate, Diary Board, Loveable Undergarments. His genuine and passionate interest in photographic images also made him lean towards graphic design and so to carry out a career as an illustrator at international level he needed to be somewhere like London, New York or Los Angeles. He left Cape Town for London with his wife Nola and their children Reinout and Sonia, 4 and 2 years old, arrived in 1969 and settled in Richmond where he is still living and working. Cecil joined Artist Partners in a studio in the centre of Soho which was the "Mecca" of most of the illustrators in Europe. His reputation and the recognition of his works were growing through a huge amount of work for publishers and advertising agencies concentrating on sports championships or major world events of the moment, such as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, posters for the BBC, Sunday Independent and movies. His works for the Readers Digest, The Sunday Telegraph, The Observer, for magazines or books can be numbered in the hundreds. There was also work for the "Race Against Time", which were then produced as limited editions art. Magazines were major customers for Cecil, making several series for Woman's Own, Woman's Realm, and The Journal. Another area in which he was also very active was portraits, counting among them those of the main heads crowns of Europe, the Royal Mint, a poster of Princess Anne on her horse Doublet when she won the European Championship painted for Sun Publications and many posters for films such as Play It Again, The Eagle Has Landed, The Molly McGuires and O Lucky Man! In the 70s and 80s Cecil had a highly successful career as an illustrator, and found work performing all styles and techniques for all kinds of events and personalities but due to health problems, ended his career as an illustrator in the 90s.
Some examples of Cecil's covers for PAN from 1973 to 1991
PAN 0330 102532 from 1973	PAN 0330 300016 from 1979
Cecil with the original artwork for "Horns of the Moon"
PAN 0330 262548 from 1981
Cecil with the original artwork for "Lottie Trago" and "Polrudden"
Original artwork for "Lottie Trago"	PAN 0330 315390 from 1991
Original artwork for "Polrudden"	PAN 0330 296949 from 1987
Original artwork for "Cry Once Alone"	PAN 0330 291157 from 1986
Original artwork for "The Dream Traders"	PAN 0330 268589 from 1983
Original artwork for "The Music Makers"	PAN 0330 262769 from 1982
Original artwork for "The Restless Sea"	PAN 0330 285432 from 1985
PAN 0330 321552 from 1992
Some more non PAN examples of Cecil's work
Fontana 0006 147720 from 1977	Fontana 0006 1147763 from 1977
Original artwork by Cecil
Fontana 0006 147712 from 1977	Fontana 0006 147755 from 1977
Original artwork by Cecil
Fontana 0006 147895 from 1978	Arrow 0099 407108 from 1985
Original artwork by Cecil
Arrow 0099 308304 from 1982	Arrow 0099 299801 from 1982
Original artwork by Cecil
Arrow 0099 283107 from 1982	Arrow 0099 346907 from 1984
Arrow 0099 253901 from 1981	Arrow 0099 272202 from 1981
Arrow 0099 329204 from 1984	Sphere 0722 117264 from 1978
Film poster from 1976	Film poster from 1972
Film poster from 1970	Film poster concept for "The Wild Geese" from 1978
	Film poster from 1987
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1978
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1979
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1977
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1978
TV Times Christmas Special 1983
Original card artwork by Cecil
'Myths and Legends' card and album from 1981
Telegraph magazine for the BBC TV programme 'Pot Black'
A selection of artwork from Cecil,. If anyone can name for where it was used please get in touch.