Robin-Lee Hall PPRP

Statement

In recent years, I have started to focus more on figures within interiors, exploiting the atmospheric northern hemisphere and the natural light that dominates my surroundings. My compositions are painstakingly pieced together to create a carefully skewed perspective that encourages the viewer to almost step into the scene.

Methodology

I try and work as much as I can from life. If I am painting a large piece, my paintings can sometimes take a while to complete. My sitters have to be patient. After doing preliminary sketches, I spend a long time planning my compositions on tracing paper, moving things around and changing and distorting the perspective. I paint in the ancient medium of egg tempura. It requires skill and patience, but rewards by conveying a unique sense of depth and intensity. I work entirely in the traditional way; making up my paint from pure pigment, the yolk of a chickens egg and a little distilled water. I lay down the paint on prepared Gesso panels; the whiteness of the plaster glinting through the fine matrix of cross-hatched coloured layers like light through stained glass.

Bio

  • 1962 Born in London.

  • 1981-82 Foundation at Kingston Polytechnic.

  • 1984-86 Fine Art and Critical Studies, St. Martins School of Art.

  • 1986-89 BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting), Kingston Polytechnic.

  • 1991-2004 Taught life and general Drawing and Painting for adult education in Surrey.

  • 2005-08 Taught own classes in Portraiture, Life Drawing and Painting at the studio at Riverside Art Centre, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex.

  • 2005 - 06 Taught GCSE and A-Level as visiting Artist and Tutor, Priors Field Girls School, Godalming, Surrey.

  • 2008 Appointed by National Gallery, London, to conduct workshops.

 

Memberships

A member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Society of Tempera Painters.

Scholarships, Awards, Prizes

  • The Gold Medal and Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual show.

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