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Overview
Across Robert's work, familiar locations are approached from unexpected viewpoints, with an emphasis on structure, movement and the observed detail of everyday life.
Robert is a Yorkshire-born artist whose practice encompasses cityscapes, rural landscapes and figurative subjects. He studied at the University of East London before establishing an early career as an architectural illustrator and interior design artist, experience which continues to inform his compositional structure and spatial awareness. He now works as a full-time painter, dividing his time between travel, on-site sketching and studio-based work. He has exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and with the New English Art Club in recent years, where his work has gained consistent recognition. In 2006, he received the President’s Choice Award at the Royal Society of British Artists, followed by the Daler-Rowney Painting Award in 2007. He is a member of the Royal Society of Painters in Oil and the Royal Society of British Artists, and a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers.
Working primarily in oils, often using a palette knife, he depicts urban scenes in London, Venice and Naples alongside harbour views and northern landscapes. His compositions are frequently developed from direct observation, with particular attention to light, atmosphere and shifting activity within the scene. His paintings of the Yorkshire Dales and Moors reflect an ongoing engagement with place.
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Works
Robert E. Wells
AmsterdamOil on Board44.5 x 30.5 cms / 17½ x 12 inchesSigned 'R E Wells' (lower left)Description
A narrow passageway draws the eye inward, framing a quiet, almost hidden corner of the city. In Amsterdam, Wells uses the archway as both structure and invitation, leading us from the solidity of brick and plaster into a darker, more uncertain space beyond. The surface is rich and tactile, with thick, worked paint describing worn walls, iron railings, and the suggestion of a garden just out of sight. Here, the familiar geometry of architecture begins to soften and shift. Edges blur, light recedes, and detail gives way to atmosphere, creating a sense of something half-remembered rather than precisely observed. Wells allows the scene to unfold intuitively, responding to the painting as it develops, so that the final image feels discovered rather than designed.
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