About Rob Hames
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Education
2003 - 2005
City of Bath College
1995 - 1999
Northbrook College (Sussex)
Awards
2017
Monarch Airlines Prize
2014
John Blake Memorial Prize
2003
Wootton Award and Winsor & Newton Prize
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Event: Spring Open Exhibition
Dates: 7 Feb 2024 - 24 Feb 2024
Open Exhibition of Wessex Artists themed upon Spring
Event: Oexmann Art Competition & Exhibition
Dates: 17 Dec 2022 - 18 Feb 2023
Wiltshire Artists Open Exhibition; Wiltshire Museum, Devizes.
Oil on Canvas of 'Brigmerston Bales; Salisbury Plain' selected.
Event: Fisherton Mill Gallery
Dates: 1 Dec 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
Ongoing selection of artworks within the South West's largest independent art gallery and studios.
Event: GAvA Aviation Paintings of the Year 2022
Dates: 5 Nov 2022 - 4 Dec 2022
Online Aviation Art Exhibition
Event: Summer Open Exhibition
Dates: 11 Jul 2022 - 3 Sep 2022
Oil on Canvas 'Summer Gardens, Salisbury' Selected
Event: Aviation Artists and Bournemouth Air Festival
Dates: 2 Sep 2021 - 18 Sep 2021
Joint exhibition of six of the foremost aviation artists working today to co-incide with Bournemouth Air Festival 2021
Event: Guild of Aviation Artists Online Annual Exhibition
Dates: 19 Jul 2021 - 31 Aug 2021
Guild of Aviation Artists Online Exhibition
Over 200 Aviation Artworks from GAvA Members
Event: Summer Open Exhibition
Dates: 13 Jul 2021 - 4 Sep 2021
Summer Open Exhibition for Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset Artists
Event: Guild of Aviation Artists
Dates: 3 Jul 2021 - 3 Jul 2021
Guild of Aviation Artists pop up exhibition at Army Flying Museum 'Wheels and Wings' event; Middle Wallop July 2021
Vintage aircraft fly in and motoring event.
Event: #PAUSE
Dates: 22 Aug 2020 - 26 Sep 2020
Plein Air landscapes of Salisbury and domestic settings.
New paintings investigating Salisbury and domestic scenes during the long lockdown of 2020, the second solo exhibition at this venue since 2018.
Event: Calendar Artists
Dates: 11 Jan 2020 - 22 Feb 2020
Invited artists whose work is featured in Fisherton Mill Gallery 2020 charity calendar.
Artists exhibiting several recent works, of which I will be exhibiting 8 recent plein air oil landscapes.
Event: Aviation Paintings of the Year
Dates: 22 Jul 2019 - 28 Jul 2019
The Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual exhibition of 2019.
Event: Wiltshire Aviation: 100 Years
Dates: 1 Dec 2018 - 28 Feb 2019
Original Artwork celebrating 100 years of Aviation in Wiltshire's skies, with emphasis on Old Sarum, Boscombe Down and Upavon aerodromes.
Event: Wiltshire Aviation: 100 Years
Dates: 20 Oct 2018 - 30 Nov 2018
Original artworks celebrating 100 years of Aviation in Wiltshire's skies.
Event: Landscape of the Plain, Wiltshire Landscapes.
Dates: 8 Sep 2018 - 6 Oct 2018
An extensive landscape exhibition showcasing over a year working upon Salisbury Plain. Over 80 Plein air oil on canvas, gouache, and sketchbook based artworks.
Event: Aviation Paintings of the Year
Dates: 9 Jul 2018 - 15 Jul 2018
Paintings, and Drawings included within the Guild of Aviation Artists Annual exhibition. 2018 showcases the Centenary of the Royal Air Force. Planned flypast on Tuesday 10th July.
Event: Four Seasons
Dates: 3 Feb 2018 - 21 Apr 2018
Open Exhibition of artists from Dorset, Hampshire, and Wiltshire, with a theme of the 'Four Seasons'.
'Widdington Poppies, June, Salisbury Plain' Oil on Canvas, 25cmx25cm
Event: Royal Air Force Centenary
Dates: 1 Feb 2018 - 31 Dec 2018
Aviation art showcasing 100 years of the Royal Air Force, joint show with the Guild of Aviation Artists.
Event: Aviation Paintings of Boscombe Down
Dates: 4 Sep 2017 - 25 Nov 2018
Ongoing artworks depicting a Century of Boscombe Down Aviation.
Event: Local Artists
Dates: 7 Aug 2017 - 5 Jan 2018
Select group showing of local artists as part of a store wide project to publicise local creatives.
Event: Wiltshire Aviation
Dates: 1 Aug 2017 - 30 Nov 2017
Select paintings, and drawings celebrating Wiltshire's links to early Aviation, especially that of Boscombe Down, and Salisbury Plain. Previously exhibited at London's Mall Galleries as part of the Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual Exhibition.
Event: Plain to Sea
Dates: 31 Jul 2017 - 6 Aug 2017
Plein Air Landscapes depicting Salisbury Plain to the Solent and beyond. Over fifty oil on canvas works from the Plain, New Forest, Isle of Wight, and Solent areas, with fellow landscape artist Pib Bennell. A selection of my vast number of sketchbooks, and gouache, and pencil roughs were also displayed.
Event: Guild of Aviation Artists Annual Exhibition
Dates: 17 Jul 2017 - 23 Jul 2017
Over 400 original artworks from the World's premier Aviation Art Guild.
Event: Guild of Aviation Artists Annual Exhibition
Dates: 18 Jul 2016 - 24 Jul 2016
Artwork depicting World War One aircraft; gouache studies of aircraft, and relics at the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection. Graphite drawings of German WW1 aircraft in flight, shown as part of over 400 Aviation artworks within the Guild's Annual.
Event: Guild of Aviation Artists Annual Exhibition
Dates: 20 Jul 2015 - 26 Jul 2015
Gouache paintings depicting Westland Helicopters in their Centenary year of 2015, displayed on the dedicated 'Westland Wall' alongside other artworks, and as part of my inclusion in the publication 'A Centenary of Flight: Augusta-Westland 100th'.
Event: Guild of Aviation Artists Annual Exhibition
Dates: 21 Jul 2014 - 27 Jul 2014
Exhibiting large scale graphite drawings as part of the Guild's Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries.
Event: SKETCH
Dates: 15 Sep 2013 - 30 Apr 2014
Selected Exhibition of artists sketchbooks as part of a touring exhibition entitled 'SKETCH' which showcased the art of the sketchbook, and the thought processes inherent within artist's books.
Event: Guild of Aviation Artists Annual Exhibition
Dates: 22 Jul 2013 - 28 Jul 2013
Artwork displayed as part of Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual, Mall Galleries, London.
Event: Public Area
Dates: 1 Jul 2013 - 31 Jul 2018
Ongoing selection of Aviation themed artwork that depicts aircraft of the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection at Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Event: Guild of Aviation Artists Annual Exhibition
Dates: 16 Jul 2012 - 22 Jul 2012
Large scale Graphite Drawings displayed as part of Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual Exhibition at London's Mall Galleries.
Event: Guild of Aviation Artists Annual Exhibition
Dates: 16 Jul 2012 - 22 Jul 2012
Large Scale Graphite Drawings displayed as part of Guild's Annual Exhibition.
Event: Guild of Aviation Artists Annual Exhibition
Dates: 18 Jul 2011 - 24 Jul 2011
Painting depicting aircraft under restoration at the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection as part of the Guild's Annual at the Mall Galleries.
Biography
Wiltshire based artist, plein air painter and prolific sketcher, with a strong link to the surrounding landscape, especially that of Salisbury Plain and the rich Aviation heritage of this area.
Having a background in publishing, illustration and art teaching, I have a particular focus on a tough yet free approach to drawing and sound painterly methods.
I am constantly to be found observing, painting, and sketching across
Salisbury Plain and it's surrounding areas.
As a member of the prestigious Guild of Aviation Artists since 2002, exhibiting at their Annual Exhibition in London's Mall Galleries each year, I have recently been promoted to Full Member status, able to use the post nomnals GAvA.
Working towards solo and group exhibitions, as well as commissions takes up my creative time.
Works are held within private and museum collections in the UK, USA, Asia and Canada.
