Robert Newell

page updated 10/12/03

Twyn Du
Limestone Anatomy: Twyn Du, 2003

"Environment into Landscape"
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Robert Newell.
at Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery, Captain's Walk,
Brecon, Powys, Wales.
Showing from 15th November 2003 - 10th January 2004.
Tel: 01874 624121
Email: brecknock.museum@powys.gov.uk

Rob Newell is a Senior Lecturer in Art and Design at Swansea Institute of Higher Education. Having studied Fine Art at Wimbledon School of Art and at Goldsmiths College, he is presently the Course Director for the BA (Hons) Painting and Drawing award.

 

Artists Statement:

"My work in painting and drawing has been mainly involved with landscape; coastal expanses, destroyed urban environments, rock and hill forms. Certain formal and thematic concerns have been developed throughout, dealing with experiences of space, order and randomness, formative and
destructive processes, the interplay of physical forces over time, the rhythmic organisation of detail and mass. Sometimes I have used human forms to bring aspects of identity and its loss into the exploration of these themes.

I have also been basing work on particular places in Wales, in which respect it has become topographical, but with the ultimate aim of investing the more formal concerns with the complexity that such close study of landscape can achieve."

 

 

 

Robert Newell has shown at the Royal Academy on eight occasions to date. He has also shown with the Royal Watercolour Society and has held a one-person show at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea. Rob is also a member of the Royal Cambrian Academy.

 

 

 

 

  

 



 


The Four Trees with Shining Star - 2003 - Acrylic modelling paste and oil on medite panel

Curriculum Vitae:
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

1977 - BA (Hons) Wimbledon School of Art - Fine Art (Painting)
1984 - MA Goldsmiths College - Fine Art,

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

1981 - PGCE University of Reading: School of Education.

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sept. 1998 - Senior Lecturer: Art & Design (.7) Swansea Institute of Higher Education.
Sept. 1997 - Senior Lecturer: Art & Design (.5) Swansea Institute of Higher Education.
Sept. 1993 - Senior Lecturer: Art & Design (Full time) Swansea Institute of Higher Education.
Sept. 1991 - Lecturer: Art & Design (Full time) North Devon College.
Jan. 1991 - Lecturer: Art & Design (P/T) Hounslow Boro. College.
Jan. 1988 - Lecturer: Art & Design (P/T) Richmond College.
Sept. 1985 Lecturer: Art & Design (P/T) The Blackheath School of Art.

EXHIBITIONS:

1977 - Commonwealth Inst. Windsor & Newton Award Exh.
1979 - Mall Galleries. Federation of British Artists.
1980 - Royal Academy. Summer Exhibition.
1981 - Holsworthy Gallery. Mixed Exh.
1981 - Annexe Gallery. Mixed Exh.
1983 - Royal Academy. Summer Exhibition.
1984 - Goldsmiths Gallery. 12 Artists.
1984 - Chrities. Inaugural Exhibition - Postgraduate Students.
1984 - Bankside Gallery. Royal Watercolour Society.
1984 - The Showroom Gallery. 100 Artists.
1985 - Royal Academy. Summer Exhibition.
1985 - Bankside Gallery. Royal Watercolour Society.
1985 - Riverside Studios. Open Exhibition.
1986 - Royal Academy. Summer Exhibition.
1987 - Camden Arts Centre. Annual Exhibition.
1988 - Paton Gallery. Aspects of Landscape.
1989 - Beletage Gallery. (Dusseldorf) Mixed Exhibition.
1990 - City of London Polytechnic. One-Person Exhibition.
1991 - Kilvert Gallery. Mixed Exhibition.
1991 - Green Lanes Centre, Barnstaple. Inaugural Exhibition of the Renaissance Arts Foundation.
1992 - Plymouth Arts Centre. South West Open.
1993 - Blacksell Arts Centre. Staff of North Devon College.
1995 - The Cross. Pontardawe Art Awards Exhibition.
1996 - Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. 'A Land' - One Person Exhibition.
1996 - Llandeilo. Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales.
1996 - Cheltenham & Gloucestershire College of H.E. Cheltenham Open Drawing.
1996 - Pontardawe Arts Centre. 'Aspects of Wales.'
1997 - Haamenlina Polytechnic, Finland. 'Pre-occupations' Staff of Swansea Institute of Higher Education.
1997 - Royal College of Art, London; Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. The Hunting Art Prizes.
1997 - Meirion. Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales.
1997 - Royal Academy. Summer Exhibition.
1997 - Pontardawe Arts Centre. 'Aspects of Wales.'
1997 - Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Wales Drawing Biennale 1997.
1998 - Albany Gallery, Cardiff. 'New Art' 98 at the Albany.'
1998 - Wrexham Arts Centre. Wales Drawing Biennale.
1998 - Howard Gardens Gallery. Wales Drawing Biennale.
1998 - Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. Wales Drawing Biennale.
1998 - Royal Academy. Summer Exhibition.
1998 - Pontardawe Arts Centre. 'Heads & Hills.' (3 person exh.)
1999 - Red Gallery, Southsea. 'Headmasters.'
1999 - Royal Academy. Summer Exhibition.
1999 - Wrexham Arts Centre. Wales Drawing Biennale.
2000 - Howard Gardens Gallery. Wales Drawing Biennale.
2000 - Glynn Vivian Gallery. Wales Drawing Biennale.
2000 - Royal Academy. Summer Exhibition.
2003 - Swansea School of Art "Past Present & Future".
2003 - "Environment into Landscape" Brecon Museum.

  

Close Up

Robert Newell uses meticulous drawing techniques which, although attentive to detail, are extremely expressive. Watercolour and gouache are combined to create varying degrees of luminosity.

We recommend a personal viewing of Rob Newell's work. His skill and attention to detail cannot be appreciated fully via the web. Rob's work commands admiration, each painting taking up to 12 months to complete.

DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW... to get a rare glimpse at the work of Robert Newell, in a solo exhibition, visit the Brecon Museum Gallery between the 15th of November 2003 and 10th of January 2004.

All works are landscapes in and around Rob's home of Ammanford and Carreg Goch (above Dan-yr-Ogof Caves in the Swansea Valley).

 

PRIZES:

1976 - 1st Prize Wimbledon School of Art Student Drawing Competition.
1996 - 1st Prize 'Aspects of Wales' Exhibition: Pontardawe.

PUBLICATIONS:

2000 - 'Landscape - Painting & Drawing in Wales - A Personal Statement' Landscape and Art : Spring 2000.
2000 - 'Susan Milne: Marking Time' Galleries: October 2000.

PUBLIC LECTURE / VISITING GUEST LECTURES:

1987 - Tate Gallery. 'The Lamp of Life': The Critical Doctrines of John Ruskin.
1987 - Wimbledon School of Art. 'The Lamp of Life': The Critical Doctrines of John Ruskin.
1987 - The Blackheath School of Art. 'The Lamp of Life': The Critical Dotrines of John Ruskin.
1994 - University of Lancaster. 'Aspects and Essences': Ruskin and the Philosophy of A.N.Whitehead.
1996 - Clyne Castle. Own work in Relation to Current Critiques of Landscape.

MEMBERSHIPS:
(Professional Bodies, Networks, etc)

1993 - Guild of St.George.
1997 - Axis - National Artists Register.
2000 - Landscape and Ar Network.
2003 - Royal Cambrian Academy

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS (ACTUAL OR INTENDED):
PhD - 'Is Landscape Truly a Redundant Genre?
Article: 'Aspects and Essences': Ruskin and the Philosophy of A.N.Whitehead.

 

To contact Rob Newell:

artcymru@welshartsarchive.org.uk

 

Swansea Institute offers a wide range of courses in Art & Design. Rob Newell is a Senior Lecturer and Course Director for the BA (Hons) Painting & Drawing award.

Contact the Registry at Townhill Campus for further details on:
(01792) 481000 extention 2026