Bredon Hill & The Malverns: Originals
All sizes are approximate and refer to the image size rather than overall framed size
Bredon Hill & The Malverns: Originals
All sizes are approximate and refer to the image size rather than overall framed size
Bredon Hill & The Malverns: Originals
All sizes are approximate and refer to the image size rather than overall framed size
Bredon Hill & The Malverns: Originals
All sizes are approximate and refer to the image size rather than overall framed size
About the Artist
Rob was born in Vancouver. Aged twenty one, a sense of adventure brought him to Oxford to study architecture which led to further adventures in London and Los Angeles before the call of the wild drew him to the Cotswolds to paint, draw and make prints.
‘Over the past several years the main theme of my creative practice has been to paint landscapes: en pleinair. I revel in the colours, shapes, lines and forms that the given light articulates. A painting typically takes several hours and is pursued with a great deal of urgency as the light changes so often - especially in the British Isles! I consider these works as records of ‘being there’…at a specific place over a specific period of time. When the light fails or the weather conspires to stop play, I might return to the site later but I usually resort to memory to finish a piece in the studio. Only when I retreat from the location, away from the comparison to nature in all her majesty, can I see if I have a painting that has the energy, or life, that I seek in my work as an artist.'
Solo and group shows: The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (London); The Foreign Press Association (London); The Royal West of England Academy (Bristol), The Museum of Oxfordshire (Woodstock), The Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Brian Sinfield Gallery (Burford), The White Room Gallery (Leamington Spa), La Chappelle des Capuchins, Turenne (France), The Riva D'Arno Gallery, Florence (Italy) ; Dar Al-Ma'mûn Library, Marrekech (Morocco), Art by Saby, St. Emilion (France) and The John Davies Gallery (Moreton-in-Marsh)
Commissions include: The Royal Shakespeare Company for a work presented by H.R.H. Prince Charles; The Watermill Theatre (Newbury) for an edition of signed prints used as a platform for a fundraising campaign; and H.M. Graphics for over 20 works published as signed limited edition prints.
ETC.: Artwork twice selected by the Emily Carr College of Art to tour British Columbia. (1980, 1982); awarded internship with Pritzker prize winning architects, Morphosis (Los Angeles, 1987); B.A. Hons in architectural studies (Oxford, 1989); Shortlisted for the Windsor & Newton Young Artist Award (1996); Postgraduate Certicate in Art Education (2007); Artist-in-residence, Dar Al-Ma'mûn, Fellah Hotel (April 2015)








