This Happy Family were very chuffed with their new Bespoke Shelf-Portrait oil painting. A lovely reminder of the books that have been most significant in their lives together.
I love the way it matches their wall!
#shelfportrait
New work at AAF Hampstead
A selection of my lastest Shelf-Portrait oil paintings will be on show at
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead
with Nicholas Bowlby Gallery at stand F8
‘Sarah’s Room’ ©rsw2019 oil on canvas 12×16″
‘Artists in Crime’ ©rsw2019 oil on canvas 16×16″
'Morris Minor' with added cherry blossom…
Thrilled to have delivered my latest bespoke Shelf-Portrait ‘Morris Minor’ to the lovely Mel 🙂
I so enjoyed painting this one – it has some favourites of mine in, including a Duane Michals catalogue from an exhibition in Oxford I saw, a collection of Roger McGough poetry and, of course, the obligatory iconic Observers book.
…and doesn’t her garden look lovely scattered with cherry blossom!
Affordable Art Fair Battersea opens this evening!
Pleased to be exhibiting with Nicholas Bowlby Gallery at
AFFORDABLE ART FAIR BATTERSEA
this week
‘Plays Pleasant’ rsw2019 oil on canvas 24″x24″
Things Can Only Get Better
I was very busy in the run up to Christmas, completing five new bespoke Shelf-Portrait oil painting commissions.
Mission Accomplished!! So now that they have been delivered and given to their new owners, I can share them with you….
This one is called ‘Things Can Only Get Better’….
NEW!- Limited Edition Giclee prints
Limited Edition full size Giclee prints of selected original ‘Shelf-Portrait’ oil paintings now available at
The Yorkshire Gallery, Halifax; at Spirals, Hebden Bridge,
or contact me below to order direct…
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Tired Pelicans at the Yorkshire Gallery.. Roo Waterhouse Art
If you’re at the Piece Hall in Halifax, pop in to the Yorkshire Gallery and you’ll find some Tired Pelicans taking refuge there….
Along with a selection of my Shelf-Portrait Limited Edition Giclee prints….
Hebden Bridge home for ‘So Hebden Bridge’
A new home in Hebden Bridge for my ‘So Hebden Bridge’ Shelf-Portrait, and a most successful end to my Shelf-Life exhibition at Northlight Art Studios.
Looking forward to taking the remaining new work down to Brick Lane for the New Artist Fair next week…
Wonderful words!
”Public accomplishments and hidden secrets. Old Friends and loves lost. Simple jokes and profound truths. This bookshelf encapsulates half a century of the inside of my head. More intimate and more telling than any facial portrait could ever be.
As tromp d’oeil, only the larger than life scale gives the game away. Roo’s talent is to both abstract and reproduce the worn history of these much loved books. Working with Roo was a delight, her care and artistic judgement shining through at every step.”
Tim Hampson on bespoke commission ‘Properties of Matter’ ©rsw2018
Wonderful words!
”Public accomplishments and hidden secrets. Old Friends and loves lost. Simple jokes and profound truths. This bookshelf encapsulates half a century of the inside of my head. More intimate and more telling than any facial portrait could ever be.
As tromp d’oeil, only the larger than life scale gives the game away. Roo’s talent is to both abstract and reproduce the worn history of these much loved books. Working with Roo was a delight, her care and artistic judgement shining through at every step.”
Tim Hampson on bespoke commission ‘Properties of Matter’ ©rsw2018