Robert Wilson - Artist Member

I graduated with B.A. (hons.) from the University of Creative Arts, London, in 2021. I am a portrait and landscape artist working in in oil, acrylic and mixed media. In my portraits I see the face as a landscape of a person's life and I set out to explore and convey this in my work. Many of my paintings are large as I like to get up close to the face and find out what it is telling me - the emotions the face expresses and the strengths and vulnerabilities of the person behind it.

I often build up aspects of a portrait with textured layers using paper, sand, grit, pencil and pastel. I am fascinated with how the face reflects and exudes colour, varies in tone and texture and is a synthesis of colours, tones, lines, marks, layers, folds and abstract shapes.

My landscapes occupy the space between realism and abstraction. I take inspiration from the natural world and recreate an imagined landscape through exploring light, colour, shapes, forms, textures and gesture.