Robert Cunnew HH | Hesketh Hubbard

Standoff at Cliffe

Acrylic on conservation board

55 x 65 cm
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Acrylic on conservation board

51 x 62 cm
Lea Crossing

Acryic on conservation board

45 x 49 cm
The North Downs from Sandling

Acrylic on conservation board

49 x 49 cm
Out of Season

Acrylic on conservation board

53 x 70 cm
Incident on Turnberry Way

Acrylic on conservation board

38 x 46 cm
Nemesis

Acrylic on conservation board

57 x 65 cm
The Shipwrights Arms

Acrylic on conservation board

50 x 73 cm
Nine Seagulls and a Shadow

Acrylic on conservation board

55 x 68 cm

About Robert Cunnew HH

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Biography

Artist's Statement

In my paintings I try to combine a strong visual motif with an element of meaning, narrative or mystery, simplifying and heightening the rendering of space and form within a robust two-dimensional design. I am particularly interested in shadows, reflections and the complexities of perspective, and in what happens in a landscape when you take the figures out, or take the landscape out and keep the figures in – or take the perspective out.

Method of Working

I tend to find most of my subjects on long-distance walks, both urban and rural, and mostly in London, Kent and Sussex. I find life drawing a valuable discipline and have drawn from the life model regularly for 30 years, but for my paintings I never paint on the spot and rarely draw in front of the subject. Initially I take lots of photographs, preferably from different angles and with plenty of detail shots. Back in the studio I will select from and distil this basic source material through a long process of drawing and redrawing, generally arriving at a detailed cartoon which I will transfer to the painting surface. The next step then tends to be a detailed analysis of the colours in my subject and careful mixing before the actual painting begins.

In my work I tend to avoid the painterly and aim for something which is graphic and precise, so after many years working in watercolour I now paint mostly in acrylic on board or panel as I find it more suited to the results I am aiming for. I have also begun to create limited edition digital versions of some of my paintings, using vector graphics.

Biographical Details

I attended the Central School of Art and Design in the late 60s but subsequently followed an alternative career path, returning to painting full time in 2008. In the last few years my work has appeared regularly in exhibitions at the Mall and Bankside galleries.

Society Memberships

Hesketh Hubbard

Scholarships, Awards, Prizes

John Purcell Prize, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, 2014

Exhibitions

Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition 2015

Other exhibitions

Hesketh Hubbard annual, Mall Galleries, 2017

Royal Society of British Artists annual, Mall Galleries, 2017

Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, 2016

National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, 2016

Hesketh Hubbard annual, Mall Galleries, 2016

New English Art Club annual, Mall Galleries, 2016

Royal Society of British Artists annual, Mall Galleries, 2016

Hesketh Hubbard annual, Mall Galleries, 2015

New English Art Club annual, Mall Galleries, 2015

Royal Society of British Artists annual, Mall Galleries, 2015

Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, 2014

Hesketh Hubbard annual, Mall Galleries, 2014

Royal Society of British Artists annual, Mall Galleries, 2014

Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours annual, Mall Galleries, 2014

Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours annual, Mall Galleries, 2013

Royal Watercolour Society annual open, Bankside Gallery, 2013

Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours annual, Mall Galleries, 2012

Royal Watercolour Society annual open, Bankside Gallery, 2012

Hesketh Hubbard annual, Mall Galleries, 2012

Royal Watercolour Society annual open, Bankside Gallery, 2011

Royal Society of British Artists annual, Mall Galleries, 2010

Royal Watercolour Society annual open, Bankside Gallery, 2010

Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, 2010

Watercolour Academy, Mall Galleries, 2010

Hesketh Hubbard annual, Mall Galleries, 2010

Royal Watercolour Society annual open, Bankside Gallery, 2009

Hesketh Hubbard annual, Mall Galleries, 2009

Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, 2008

Royal Watercolour Society annual open, Bankside Gallery, 2007

Hesketh Hubbard annual, Mall Galleries, 2007

Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, 2006

Chichester Open, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 2006

Hesketh Hubbard annual, Mall Galleries, 2006

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Porter's Lock

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Standoff at Cliffe

Robert Cunnew HH - 2015

£680

Rye Harbour No. 8

Robert Cunnew HH - 2017

£570