RCJ Fine Art

Fresh off the easel.. Still Life - oils on cradled panel, 50cm sq. Finally done with this painting of forecourt paraphernalia seen on a wet January afternoon. Really interesting to scrutinise something I’ve barely glanced at before in such detail. #oilpainting #bristolart

Work in progress - oils on panel, 30cm sq. Taking my sweet time with this one, working on getting the relative values of the various shadows right. Lots of looking and thinking.. #oilpainting #stilllife #oxo #wip #artprocess

Work in progress - oils on cradled panel, 60cm sq. Worrying that I might have bitten off more than I can chew with this one. Definitely testing the limits of my ability in terms of getting the light right, with its subtle shifts of value and hue, ranging from the brightest white…

🔴 SOLD. It’s been a ‘swings and roundabouts’ sort of day.. My piece ‘Newcomen Road’ wasn’t chosen for the RWA open exhibition, the latest in a long line of refusals.. However, this meant it was available again, and I’ve now sold it to a much valued collector who was waiting in…

Work in progress - oils on panel, 30cm sq. Detail of emerging still life.. #oilpainting #wip #artprocess

Work in progress - working on a new still-life. Drawing from life, with the help of plumb-line and measuring tape. Technical pencil on panel, 30cm sq. #oilpainting #wip #artprocess

Work in progress - oils on panel, 60cm sq. Drawing and underpainting for a new interior piece, laying down the overall shades and values to work against.. #wip #oilpainting #artprocess

Delighted to be speaking about THE EAGLE AND THE HART at Southwark Cathedral’s wonderful History Festival on Saturday 19 July at 2.30pm - ticket link to follow - please come!

Work in progress - detail of the underdrawing for a new painting, started today. #wip #oilpainting

Neighbourhood Watch - oils on panel, 25cm sq. A view from a recent foray into suburbia, taken late in the evening. While barren and unwelcoming to pedestrians during the day, the suburban streets take on a whole new level of discomfort at night I found - particularly when…

Work in progress. Two new paintings starting off on the easel, after a bit of a hiatus.. Very glad to be back at it! #oilpainting #wip

I’m thrilled to say that a small exhibition of my paintings in print form, ‘Bristol in Colour’, is currently on show at Niche Frames in Bristol. All prints are special editions created for the show - mounted, laminated and framed in custom St Ives frames and available to buy…

Rule of thirds - new painting underway on the easel. Oils on cradled panel, 60cm sq. #oilpainting #artprocess #wip

Roofline - oils on panel, 25cm sq. Striking gables on this particular stretch of the Gloucester Road. Interested here in the strong roofline and intense colours and shadows of the awnings and shopfronts in the summer sun. Some great colours. #oilpainting #bristolartist