London-based painter and sculptor, Robert studied at Glasgow School of Art (BA Fine Art Painting and Printmaking 2017) and The Heatherley School of Fine Art (Portrait Painting Diploma 2021).
Surface texture, mark-making and abbreviation are important qualities to me; working to achieve a harmony between these elements is a key pursuit of mine. The subjects in portraiture and the landscape provide me the opportunity to work with these elements, using them to create technical, exciting yet sensitive imagery.
Awards & Exhibitions:
Winner of the Phyllis Roberts Prize 2019 with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2021 (RP)
Shortlisted exhibitor in the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2021, exhibited at Coventry Cathedral
Heatherley’s Summer Exhibition 2020 & 2021
Fishslab Gallery Whitstable, group exhibition 2022
Wales Contemporary/Cymru Gyfoes International Art Competition 2022
Royal Institute of Oil Painters annual exhibition 2022
Young Artist Award 2022 with Winsor&Newton & Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI)
A number of paintings have also been recognised with pre-selection for the Royal Society of Portrait Painters(RP) annual exhibition 2019, New English Art Club(NEAC) annual exhibition 2019 and Royal Institute Oil Painters(ROI) annual exhibition 2021.