Rodney Beecher Roberts

Joined Artfinder: Sept. 2016

Artworks for sale: 14

United States

About Rodney Beecher Roberts

 
 
  • Biography
    So, ‘What does it mean?’ When it comes to my work, only the observer can know and then only for an instant. I want the surface to be the beginning of what you look at. What’s important is beneath, behind and under what you can see. 

    Behind or beneath the surface of my paintings are suggestions of depth, color, movement, line, temperature and weight that can evoke memories and feelings.

    The meaning is what you can’t see, the existential melodrama. The important thing  isn’t what it means but what it makes you feel. It should be the same as looking at a sunset or rose garden. Don’t analyze it. Experience, enjoy, and let it be what it will for you for the moment.

    I've always believed I was born to paint, but it wasn't until I moved to the UK on an artists visa in 2002 at the age of 60 that I started to paint full time.

    Perhaps because of all the latent artwork pent up inside, I was able to build a large body of artwork quickly, exhibiting and selling my paintings in both Herefordshire and London.

    At present I am living and working from a studio in North Carolina where I can be close to my children and grandchildren. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you would like more information or to visit my studio in the States.

    Selected Exhibitions
    2012   American Brits, Gallery 27, Cork Street, London
    2012   160th Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
    2012   Cork Street Open Exhibition, London
    2011   Palace Art Fair, Fulham, London
    2011   Cork Street Open Exhibition, London
    2010   Tradition UK, Beaufort House, London
    2010   Shieldbrook Sculpture Garden, Herefordshire
    2010   Cork Street Open Exhibition, London
    2010   Galanthus Gallery, Herefordshire
    2009   Cork Street Open Exhibition, London
    2009   Mayor's Parlour, Hereford
    2009   Courtyard Centre, Hereford - Impressions of Venice
    2008   Carrousel Du Louvre, Paris France
    2008   Cork Street Open Exhibition, London
    2008   Urban Art Fair London
    2008   Cambridgeshire Art Fair Chilford Hall Vineyard
    2008   League of Friends - Ross Hospital, Charity Exhibition
    2007   Prelude Art Event Spitalfields London
    2007   Prelude Art Event Spitalfields London
    2007   155th Autumn Exhibition Royal West Academy Bristol
    2007   Hereford Museum & Art Gallery Open Exhibition
    2007   Herefordshire h.Art week Open Studio Llanwarne
    2007   Urban Art Fair London
    2007   Adams Street Gallery London
    2006   The Great Art Fair Alexandra Palace London
    2006   Herefordshire h.Art week Open Studio Llanwarne
    2006   Steinart Hereford
    2005   Herefordshire h.Art week Open Studio Ross-on-Wye
    2005   Heritage Centre – Christmas Exhibition Ross-on-Wye
    2003-2005   Nature’s Choice Gallery Ross-on-Wye
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Biography

So, ‘What does it mean?’ When it comes to my work, only the observer can know and then only for an instant. I want the surface to be the beginning of what you look at. What’s important is beneath, behind and under what you can see. 

Behind or beneath the surface of my paintings are suggestions of depth, color, movement, line, temperature and weight that can evoke memories and feelings.

The meaning is what you can’t see, the existential melodrama. The important thing  isn’t what it means but what it makes you feel. It should be the same as looking at a sunset or rose garden. Don’t analyze it. Experience, enjoy, and let it be what it will for you for the moment.

I've always believed I was born to paint, but it wasn't until I moved to the UK on an artists visa in 2002 at the age of 60 that I started to paint full time.

Perhaps because of all the latent artwork pent up inside, I was able to build a large body of artwork quickly, exhibiting and selling my paintings in both Herefordshire and London.

At present I am living and working from a studio in North Carolina where I can be close to my children and grandchildren. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you would like more information or to visit my studio in the States.

Selected Exhibitions
2012   American Brits, Gallery 27, Cork Street, London
2012   160th Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2012   Cork Street Open Exhibition, London
2011   Palace Art Fair, Fulham, London
2011   Cork Street Open Exhibition, London
2010   Tradition UK, Beaufort House, London
2010   Shieldbrook Sculpture Garden, Herefordshire
2010   Cork Street Open Exhibition, London
2010   Galanthus Gallery, Herefordshire
2009   Cork Street Open Exhibition, London
2009   Mayor's Parlour, Hereford
2009   Courtyard Centre, Hereford - Impressions of Venice
2008   Carrousel Du Louvre, Paris France
2008   Cork Street Open Exhibition, London
2008   Urban Art Fair London
2008   Cambridgeshire Art Fair Chilford Hall Vineyard
2008   League of Friends - Ross Hospital, Charity Exhibition
2007   Prelude Art Event Spitalfields London
2007   Prelude Art Event Spitalfields London
2007   155th Autumn Exhibition Royal West Academy Bristol
2007   Hereford Museum & Art Gallery Open Exhibition
2007   Herefordshire h.Art week Open Studio Llanwarne
2007   Urban Art Fair London
2007   Adams Street Gallery London
2006   The Great Art Fair Alexandra Palace London
2006   Herefordshire h.Art week Open Studio Llanwarne
2006   Steinart Hereford
2005   Herefordshire h.Art week Open Studio Ross-on-Wye
2005   Heritage Centre – Christmas Exhibition Ross-on-Wye
2003-2005   Nature’s Choice Gallery Ross-on-Wye