 In 1992 he became an elected member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, which he resigned in 2005.In 2009, he unveiled a portrait of Harry Patch, the oldest man in Europe and last surviving World War I soldier, which Kuhfeld called "a privilege" and "was struck by this extraordinary man".In 2012, he was commissioned by Charles, Prince of Wales to paint the royal wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.