Landscapes
Roger's latest work can be viewed at his studio near Symond's Yat
Where's Hettie?
Oil on canvas
80 by 60 cm
We walked into a square behind St Jakobuskerk, Enschede (which is well worth a visit, the internal architecture is amazing). Looking back I saw my friends looking up at something behind me. Reflected in the windows is what they saw.
Summer in Japan 1915
Oil on canvas
80 by 60 cm
This is my take on an old black and white photograph that popped up on one of my social media feeds. The entire area, river and houses, has disappeared under motorways and concrete. It is a reminder of things that we have lost.
Child's Play, Enschede, Netherlands
Oil on canvas
100 by 80 cm
Walking through Enschede I came across these children on a climbing frame. They were in their own little world, totally oblivious to the hustle and bustle of the adult world around them.
Floods along Old Wharf Lane, Whitchurch
Oil on canvas
60 by 80 cm
In October 2019 the River Wye flooded and the area around St Dubricius church was inundated. The painting is of the view down Old Warf Lane towards the church with the entrance to Whitchurch House on the right. I loved the way the trees and hedgerows are reflected in the flood water. A few months later we were doubly blessed by the River Wye bursting it's banks big time, flooding the village church and adjacent carehome, followed a few weeks later by the covid pandemic.
People at an Exhibition, Kongsvinger
Oil on canvas
100 by 70 cm
We were staying with our very good friends in Kongsvinger, Norway and the morning after our arrival we were invited to accompany them to the opening of an art exhibition in the National Women's Museum. Afer having an excellent guided tour of the art on show I looked back into the main exhibition room and was immediately struck by the composition of the people in the room. The light playing across the floor was particularly interesting to paint.
Trocadero, Havana 2008
Oil on canvas
80 by 40 cm
I photographed this scene while walking along Trocadero with my wife after a heavy thunderstorm. I initially discarded the photo as the contrast was all wrong and the street was in darkness. It was only a few years later that I revisited it and realised that there was a whole world of activity hidden in the shadows. If you look carefully you should find 42 figures in the scene.
Havana Skyline 2008.
Oil on canvas
80 by 40 cm
This was my first landscape painted using oils. It shows the view from the 1st or 2nd floor of the 'Museum of the Revolution' in Havana. I painted it because it shows the hidden side of Havana, which the tourist guides don't show. it's looking south east towards the junction of Chacon and Aguacate.
Windy Day in Symonds Yat
Acrylics on canvas
70 by 50 cm
This painting is based on an old, faded, black and white photograph of Symonds Yat West taken in 1902. It was posted on our local Facebook page, and I thought it would be nice to reproduce it it colour.
The Old Pass at Ganarew
Acrylics on canvas
70 by 50 cm
This is one of my favourites. The photograph it is based on was taken by one of our neighbours, and shows the old pathway from Ganarew down to the River Wye. The modern A40 dual carriageway is just behind the trees in the top right of the painting.
Autumn in Lord's Wood II
Acrylics on canvas
40 by 20 inches
The early morning sun slanting through the trees of Lords Wood, just below King Arthur's Cave. This is a favourite walk of ours.
Autumn in Lord's Wood I
Acrylics on canvas
40 by 20 inches
The early morning sun on a bright autumnal day lit up Lord's Wood with these wonderful colours. These are the woods immediately above Seven Sister's Rocks.
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Mzima Springs, Tsavo National Park, Kenya
Acrylics on canvas
60 by 90 cm
I found this image when I was digitising my late mother-in-law's vast collecion of slides and photographs. If you look carefully you can just see a hippo sticking it's eyes out of the water. The canvas was given to me already covered in a thick layer of primer, which had cracked and crazed, and so this adds an extra layer of texture to the painting.
For Charlotte
Acrylics on canvas
40 by 60 cm
Sold
I painted this for my wife's cousin. I tried to capture the atmosphere of a pre-dawn horse ride.
Park View
Acrylics on canvas
16 by 20 inches
Sold
This is the view from my mother's bedroom window. She loved watching the comings and goings in the park, and the ever changing shadows of the Ginkgo tree.
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Foxgloves on the Doward
Acrylics on canvas
40 by 20 inches
Sold
I saw this scene in Lord's Wood one morning while out with the dogs. The sun-lit glades in the distance appealed to me and I thought they were worthy of a painting.
The view to the north
Acrylics on canvas
40 by 20 inches
This is the view from the top of the Doward looking northeast towards Goodrich Church, Coppett Hill and the Malvern Hills in the far distance.
View from New Quay Beach
Acrylics on canvas
30 by 24 inches
We had taken the dogs for a walk on the beach at New Quay on a very wet and rainy day. The sky cleared and gave us this view across Cardigan Bay to the distant mountains of Snowdonia and the Lleyn peninsula.
Winter's Morning on the Doward
Acryics on canvas
30 by 20 inches
The view from King Arthur's Cave looking north towards Little Kiln House and Quarry Wood. The frost still lingers where the trees cast their shadow.
Morning Mist
Acrylics on canvas
22 by 16 inches
Another walk, another misty morning, with the sun rising through the murk on top of the Doward.
Early Morning on the Wye
Acrylics on canvas
30 by 20 inches
Another picture from my early morning dog walks. This shows the mist rolling down the Wye Valley from the top of Seven Sisters Rocks.
The Guiding Light
Acrylics on canvas
18 by 24 inches
Walking the dogs on a misty morning through Lord's Wood on the Doward. The two wispy figures walking into the light were added as I felt they would enhance the mystery of the painting.
Moonrise over Kiruna
Acrylics on canvas
16 by 20 inches
I painted this because I loved the colours of the northern lights combined with the light of the full moon. The sky is reflected in the ice and snow in the foreground.
