Colin Allbrook RSMA RI

Living in the South West of England the focus of Colin’s paintings is very often the everyday life he finds around him in North Devon or in Cornwall

Days are frequently spent on the coast recording the light as it shines on the estuary, or reveals the fissures and gullies on the cliffs. Maybe it’s the more industrial side of our coastline, to see a ship laying in dry dock while the workmen labour on a refit.  

It can be the activity on a farm, the cows standing contentedly in the barn or at market. Perhaps it’s a trip to follow the hunt or a local shoot and record the movement and colour as they cross the winter landscape with its ever changing light. 

Working in oils or watercolour from studies, sketches and other reference gathered on site Colin tries to recreate the atmosphere and feeling of the moment seen and convey this through his paintings.

Colin is an elected member of both the Royal Society of Marine Artists, and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour both whom hold their annual exhibitions at the Mall Galleries in London