Rob Shaw Art - Discover More:
"Although I use a variety of materials and processes throughout my work, and my subject matter varies, the eye and the hand are always the same"
ROB SHAW
ARTIST STATEMENT
TV
BBC1 The One Show 2008
BBC Countryfile 2013
ITV1 Robson Greens Coastal Lives 2017
BBC Antiques Road trip 2019
I am a self-taught artist, working full time in the Northeast of England since 2006 when I left my profession as an Interior Architect.
I have supported myself solely through painting for the last 16 years. I began painting in 1993 when my parents relocated to just north of Whitby and had my first solo show in 1996 at Castleton Studio Gallery. Over the years I have developed my own unique style and constantly try to push my work to breaking point.
I have shown and sold at the RA summer shows in 2012/13. I have also shown and sold large cityscapes in London / New York and Singapore. I am currently working on developing a new style of image. My work is predominantly oil based on heavy duty boards.
I am an image chaser, pushing the materials and painting to breaking point before the finished art can be realised.
My work is layered, paintings taking up to 5 years of re working and people can read them in a variety of ways. Within this site you can find examples of my style and artistic methods within my current and past collections.
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Castleton Studio Gallery (North Yorkshire) July 1996
Castleton Studio Gallery (North Yorkshire) July 1997
Castleton Studio Gallery (North Yorkshire) July 1999
Staithes Gallery (North Yorkshire) March 2007
Staithes Gallery (North Yorkshire) March 2007
Staithes Gallery (North Yorkshire) October 2009
Staithes Gallery (North Yorkshire) October 2016
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Pannett Gallery (Whitby) August 1996
Browne Smith and Baker (Newcastle) February 1998
Walker Galleries (Honiton) October 1999
The Bay Tree Gallery (Bradford on Avon) April 2006
Fairfax Galleries (Tunbridge Wells) March 2007
Staithes Gallery (RNLI) (Staithes) March 2007
Bristol Art Fair (Bristol) May 2007
Poulton Lodge (private) (Bradford on Avon) May 2007
Celia Purcell Contemporary (London) June 2007
Bath Open Art Fair (Bath) August 2007
Battersea Art Fair (London) October 2007
Lena Boyle (London) October 2007
No. 1 Royal Crescent (Bath) October 2007
Staithes Gallery (RNLI) (Staithes) March 2008
Chelsea Art Fair (London) April 2008
Bath Open Art Fair (Bath) June 2008
Staithes Gallery (RNLI) (Staithes) March 2009
Gallery Top (Derbyshire) April 2009
Biscuit Factory (Newcastle) Feb-Sept 2009
Battersea Art Fair (London) October 2009
Staithes Gallery (Staithes) September 2009
Biscuit Factory (Newcastle) May-September 2010
Royal Academy Summer Show London 2012 and 2013
Lynn Painter Stainer London 2012
Art for Youth North North Yorkshire 2015/2017/2020
Staithes Festival of Arts and Heritage Staithes 2011-2018
Affordable Art Fair London / New York / Singapore various
CURRENT GALLERIES:
Staithes Gallery, North Yorkshire
Scotland Art Gallery, Glasgow
N Galleries, Helmsley
No4 Gallery, St Abbs
The Atelier Gallery , Edinburgh
The Alnwick Gallery , Alnwick