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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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Robert E. Wells
BelvedereOil on Board44.5 x 30.5 cms / 17½ x 12 inchesSigned 'R E Wells' (lower left)Description
A sunlit fragment of an Italian hillside town, the weathered façade of Belvedere, with its soft, chalky tones and green-shuttered windows, is built through layers of thick, expressive paint, giving the surface a sense of time and lived experience. Small touches of colour - flowers on the sill, hints of life within - draw the eye, while looser passages allow the structure to dissolve into atmosphere. Wells works instinctively, allowing the painting to guide its own development. What begins as a recognisable scene gradually shifts toward abstraction, inviting a more personal response. His deliberately open titles offer little narrative, encouraging the viewer to project their own story onto the image. In this way, the painting becomes less about a specific place and more about the feeling of being there.
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