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Rob Hames

Joined Artfinder: Aug. 2017

Artworks for sale: 4

United Kingdom

About Rob Hames

 
 
  • 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.


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  • Education

    2003 - 2005

    City of Bath College

    1995 - 1999

    Northbrook College (Sussex)

  • Awards

    2017

    Monarch Airlines Prize

    Highly Commended in Monarch Airlines Prize at Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual, Mall Galleries, London. July 2017.

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    2014

    John Blake Memorial Prize

    John Blake Memorial Prize for best drawing in show at Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London. Winning piece: A3 Graphite & Chalk drawing entitled; Lysander Lines 2, depicting a WW2 Westland Lysander aircraft in it's hangar at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.

    2003

    Wootton Award and Winsor & Newton Prize

    Frank Wootton Award and Winsor & Newton prize for best first time showing as a Friend at Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual at the Mall Galleries, London.
  • Upcoming Events

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    Previous events

    Event: Oexmann Art Competition & Exhibition

    Dates: 17 Dec 2022 - 18 Feb 2023

    Venue: Wiltshire Museum Devizes, Devizes

    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

    Venue: Fisherton Mill Gallery, Salisbury

    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

    Venue: Guild of Aviation Artists, www.gava.org.uk

    Online Aviation Art Exhibition

    Event: Summer Open Exhibition

    Dates: 11 Jul 2022 - 3 Sep 2022

    Venue: Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury, Wiltshire

    Oil on Canvas 'Summer Gardens, Salisbury' Selected

    Event: Aviation Artists and Bournemouth Air Festival

    Dates: 2 Sep 2021 - 18 Sep 2021

    Venue: Campbell & Rose Gallery, Verwood

    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

    Venue: Guild of Aviation Artists, www.gava.org.uk

    Guild of Aviation Artists Online Exhibition
    Over 200 Aviation Artworks from GAvA Members

    Event: Summer Open Exhibition

    Dates: 13 Jul 2021 - 4 Sep 2021

    Venue: Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury, Wiltshire

    Summer Open Exhibition for Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset Artists

    Event: Guild of Aviation Artists

    Dates: 3 Jul 2021 - 3 Jul 2021

    Venue: Army Flying Museum, Middle Wallop

    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

    Venue: Fisherton Mill Gallery, Salisbury

    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

    Venue: Fisherton Mill Gallery, Salisbury

    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

    Venue: Mall Galleries, Mall Galleries, London

    The Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual exhibition of 2019.

    Event: Wiltshire Aviation: 100 Years

    Dates: 1 Dec 2018 - 28 Feb 2019

    Venue: Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire

    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

    Venue: Antelope Gallery Cafe, Salisbury

    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

    Venue: Fisherton Mill Gallery, Salisbury

    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

    Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

    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

    Venue: Southampton City Gallery, Southampton

    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

    Venue: Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, Cosford

    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

    Venue: Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire

    Ongoing artworks depicting a Century of Boscombe Down Aviation.

    Event: Local Artists

    Dates: 7 Aug 2017 - 5 Jan 2018

    Venue: John Lewis Retail plc, Newbury

    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

    Venue: Strategic Art, Gallery & Framing, Pewsey, Wiltshire

    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

    Venue: ArtSway Gallery, Sway

    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

    Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

    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

    Venue: The Mall Galleries, London, London

    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

    Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

    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

    Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

    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

    Venue: Rabley Drawing Centre, Rabley Barn, Mildenhall, Marlborough, Wiltshire

    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

    Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

    Artwork displayed as part of Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual, Mall Galleries, London.

    Event: Public Area

    Dates: 1 Jul 2013 - 31 Jul 2018

    Venue: Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire

    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

    Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

    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

    Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

    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

    Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

    Painting depicting aircraft under restoration at the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection as part of the Guild's Annual at the Mall Galleries.

Links


Education

2003 - 2005

City of Bath College

1995 - 1999

Northbrook College (Sussex)


Awards

2017

Monarch Airlines Prize

Highly Commended in Monarch Airlines Prize at Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual, Mall Galleries, London. July 2017.

Show more awards Hide

2014

John Blake Memorial Prize

John Blake Memorial Prize for best drawing in show at Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London. Winning piece: A3 Graphite & Chalk drawing entitled; Lysander Lines 2, depicting a WW2 Westland Lysander aircraft in it's hangar at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.

2003

Wootton Award and Winsor & Newton Prize

Frank Wootton Award and Winsor & Newton prize for best first time showing as a Friend at Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual at the Mall Galleries, London.

There are no upcoming events

Show previous events Hide previous events

Previous events

Event: Oexmann Art Competition & Exhibition

Dates: 17 Dec 2022 - 18 Feb 2023

Venue: Wiltshire Museum Devizes, Devizes

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

Venue: Fisherton Mill Gallery, Salisbury

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

Venue: Guild of Aviation Artists, www.gava.org.uk

Online Aviation Art Exhibition

Event: Summer Open Exhibition

Dates: 11 Jul 2022 - 3 Sep 2022

Venue: Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Oil on Canvas 'Summer Gardens, Salisbury' Selected

Event: Aviation Artists and Bournemouth Air Festival

Dates: 2 Sep 2021 - 18 Sep 2021

Venue: Campbell & Rose Gallery, Verwood

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

Venue: Guild of Aviation Artists, www.gava.org.uk

Guild of Aviation Artists Online Exhibition
Over 200 Aviation Artworks from GAvA Members

Event: Summer Open Exhibition

Dates: 13 Jul 2021 - 4 Sep 2021

Venue: Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Summer Open Exhibition for Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset Artists

Event: Guild of Aviation Artists

Dates: 3 Jul 2021 - 3 Jul 2021

Venue: Army Flying Museum, Middle Wallop

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

Venue: Fisherton Mill Gallery, Salisbury

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

Venue: Fisherton Mill Gallery, Salisbury

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

Venue: Mall Galleries, Mall Galleries, London

The Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual exhibition of 2019.

Event: Wiltshire Aviation: 100 Years

Dates: 1 Dec 2018 - 28 Feb 2019

Venue: Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire

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

Venue: Antelope Gallery Cafe, Salisbury

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

Venue: Fisherton Mill Gallery, Salisbury

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

Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

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

Venue: Southampton City Gallery, Southampton

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

Venue: Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, Cosford

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

Venue: Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Ongoing artworks depicting a Century of Boscombe Down Aviation.

Event: Local Artists

Dates: 7 Aug 2017 - 5 Jan 2018

Venue: John Lewis Retail plc, Newbury

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

Venue: Strategic Art, Gallery & Framing, Pewsey, Wiltshire

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

Venue: ArtSway Gallery, Sway

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

Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

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

Venue: The Mall Galleries, London, London

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

Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

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

Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

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

Venue: Rabley Drawing Centre, Rabley Barn, Mildenhall, Marlborough, Wiltshire

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

Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

Artwork displayed as part of Guild of Aviation Artists' Annual, Mall Galleries, London.

Event: Public Area

Dates: 1 Jul 2013 - 31 Jul 2018

Venue: Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire

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

Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

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

Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

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

Venue: Mall Galleries, London, London

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.