In 1982 he won the Gallery's annual Portrait Priz e with the painting Lord Volvo and his Estate\, and has undertaken several commissions for the Gallery\, including Sir Paul McCartney (1983) and Philip Larkin (1984). In 1999\, he collaborated with the Gallery on th e exhibition The Painter's Eye. Ocean was elected Royal Academician in 2004 . Portraiture has retained an important place in Ocean's diverse output bu t has\, in recent years\, reasserted itself as a focus.