Author: Roo Waterhouse

New Shelf Portraits……

13 November 2015
Roo Waterhouse
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New shelf portraits just arrived at Orso Major Gallery in Waterloo:

http://orsomajor.com/orso-major-artist/roo-waterhouse/

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‘Twentieth Century’ rsw2015 oil on canvas (framed 54x80cm) on sale at Orso Major

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‘Shakespeare’ rsw2015 oil on canvas (framed 34x84cm) on sale at Orso Major

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‘Tales’ rsw2015  oil on canvas (framed 54x80cm) on sale at Orso Major

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‘Miscellany’ rsw2015 oil on canvas (framed 27x33cm) on sale at Orso Major

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‘Poetry and Drama’ rsw2015 oil on canvas (framed 33x64cm) on sale at Orso Major

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‘Penguin Among the Pelicans’ rsw2015 oil on canvas (framed 33x64cm) on sale at Orso Major

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Bathos

11 October 2015
Roo Waterhouse
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I recently came across the term ‘Bathos’

and think it describes the inspiration for my portraits of domestic artefacts rather well…

 ”BATHOS: the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style.”

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A lovely few days of work and play in London….

14 June 2015
Roo Waterhouse
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A lovely few days in London, delivering paintings to three galleries, visiting exhibitions, swimming in the Serpentine, catching up with old friends and making new ones 🙂
Work on display at Gallery98TBR on Tower Bridge Road, until Thursday 9th July:
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…just down the road from
Theaster Gates at the White Cube:
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Some most inspiring work by the students at St Charles sixth form college:
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My favourites from the RA summer exhibition:
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Sunshine on the Serpentine:
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New book paintings at Orso Major Gallery, Waterloo:
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‘Unwritten Book’ in the window of Llewellyn Alexander for the ‘Not the Royal Academy‘ exhibition:
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