Rodney Kingston

Rodney is a full time professional Artist, working just outside of London. He has been a contestant on both ‘Landscape Artist of the Year’ and ‘Portrait Artist of the Year’, televised by Sky Arts.   Rodney has exhibited at the Mall Galleries with the Royal Society of Oil Painters and contributed articles to Leisure Painter magazine.
He has won numerous other awards and led regular workshops and demonstrations since 2016.
Rodney studied art and design at Wimbledon School of Art followed by a graphic design degree at Camberwell College of Arts.
For many years, he dabbled in oil painting alongside his career in publishing, until March 2013, when a desire to become a better painter led him to a figurative art course. It was an excellent experience and confirmed a love of oil painting which has developed into a full time art painting career. Rodney paints the vast majority of his work with the subject in front of him. Inspiration comes from everyday life – people, places, still life objects – and the challenge of translating three-dimensional subjects into a convincing two-dimensional oil painting. Rodney primarily works, demonstrates and teaches in oil but also completes portraiture work in liquid charcoal.

"Rodney has been a welcome asset to our Ashford Art Club... his passion, friendly and informative approach inspires and benefits us all in our various abilities. He has that valued quality of listening as well as teaching. We always look forward to seeing him." Ashford Art Club

Offers: Demonstrations, Workshops, Online demonstrations

Media: Oil, Liquid Charcoal

Subjects: Portraiture – all ages, head and shoulders or full figure seated or standing. (Oils or liquid charcoal); Landscapes – urban life, rivers, countryside (Oils); Seascapes – capturing movement and light (Oils); Still life – shining a light on everyday objects, effects of warm and cool lights on objects and shadows (Oils); Plein air painting – outside demo/workshop or inside demo/advice for kit etc.

Will travel to: Up to 2 hours from Surrey

Email: rodney@rodneykingston.com

Phone: 07840 131107