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.
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
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
