 In the 1950s and 1960s Embleton also pursued a career as an oil painter and he exhibited his works widely in Britain, Germany, Australia, Canada and the USA.He was a member of the London Sketch Club and the National Society of Painters, Sculptors and Printmakers, and in 1960 was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.Embleton (who, in his early career, simply signed his work 'Ron') was born in London and submitted his first cartoon at the age of nine and, aged 12, won a national poster competition.