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Robert Cunnew HH

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Miriam

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Robert Cunnew HH
Pastel
65 x 55 cm
Related exhibition:
The Contemporary Nude

Seaford Head No. 2

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Robert Cunnew HH
Acrylic
50 x 50 cm
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2019

Solfrid 10 Feb 2018

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Robert Cunnew HH
Graphite
55 x 65 cm

Solfrid 10 Feb 2018

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Robert Cunnew HH
Graphite
55 x 65 cm
Related exhibition:
Hesketh Hubbard Art Society Annual Exhibition 2018

Stella 17/08/2015

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Robert Cunnew HH
Pencil
65 x 55 cm
Related exhibition:
Hesketh Hubbard Art Society Annual Exhibition 2016

Ascension at Cliffe

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Robert Cunnew HH
Acrylic
73 x 50 cm
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Open Exhibition 2016

The North Downs from Sandling

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Robert Cunnew HH
Acrylic
50 x 50 cm
Related exhibition:
New English Art Club Annual Open Exhibition 2015

About Robert Cunnew HH

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Artist details

Artist's Statement

Working in both acrylic and digital media, I try to achieve a synthesis of strong two-dimensional design with a heightened rendering of space and form. Pictures typically emerge from a lengthy and painstaking process aimed at distilling or abstracting the essence of a subject in line, shape and colour.

I am particularly drawn to water, whether sea, river or canal, and typically locations where the natural and man-made intersect. My recent acrylics tend to focus on shape and texture, while my digital works are generally more architectural, replacing texture with pattern and detail.

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 landscapes, 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.

After initial sketches in pencil, I generally use vector graphics to refine the image digitally. I will then transfer a final cartoon to board for painting in acrylic and/or further develop the digital image as a separate artwork, for issue as a limited edition digital print.

Biographical Details

I went to 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 Mall Galleries and Bankside Gallery.

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

New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, 2019

The Masters: Screen & Stone, Bankside Gallery, 2018

Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, 2018

National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, 2018

Hesketh Hubbard, Mall Galleries, 2018

Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, 2018

Hesketh Hubbard, Mall Galleries, 2017

Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, 2017

Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, 2016

National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, 2016

Hesketh Hubbard, Mall Galleries, 2016

New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, 2016

Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, 2016

Hesketh Hubbard, Mall Galleries, 2015

New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, 2015

Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, 2015

Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, 2014

Hesketh Hubbard annual, Mall Galleries, 2014

Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, 2014

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

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

Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, 2013

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

Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, 2012

Hesketh Hubbard, Mall Galleries, 2012

Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, 2011

Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, 2010

Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, 2010

Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, 2010

Watercolour Academy, Mall Galleries, 2010

Hesketh Hubbard, Mall Galleries, 2010

Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, 2009

Hesketh Hubbard, Mall Galleries, 2009

Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, 2008

Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, 2007

Hesketh Hubbard, Mall Galleries, 2007

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

Chichester Open, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 2006

Hesketh Hubbard, Mall Galleries, 2006

Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1

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