News & events
ROI Friends and Members Painting Day on August 22nd
Posted on August 6, 2015 On Saturday 22nd August the ROI will be having a Friends and Members painting day at Saltford, near Bath. It will be a group painting day so you are welcome to come along to join us and take part! The day will start at 10:00 am, and we will be...
ROI represented at AGBI Event
Posted on July 10, 2015 On Tuesday 7th July three ROI members were invited by the AGBI to the Royal Academy in London to celebrate fundraising efforts by nominated stewards for the current year. David Pilgrim ROI was nominated as this year’s steward for the ROI and...
Domesticity – An exhibition of Interiors by Naomi Alexander
Posted on July 5, 2015 Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead from 25th July until 31st October. (Private Preview Tuesday 28th July 2015, 6-8pm) In 2013, Naomi Alexander was invited to exhibit her work at the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. To coincide with the exhibition,...
Wonderful ROI Painting day in London
Posted : April 20th 2015 The ROI held a fascinating London Studio Event on 18th April, lead by President Ian Cryer and by kind invitation of Philip James ROI and Ken Howard RA ROI. The day was for both members and friends of the ROI and started with a group painting...
Ken Howard RA ROI and Philip James ROI Studio Day
Posted on April 12, 2015 There is still time for you to book your place on our exciting London painting and Studio day, which takes place on Saturday 18th April. You can join us to paint or watch us work as we visit the Islington Studio of Philip James ROI, and in the...
Tim Benson and Lachlan Goudie “New Paintings” Exhibition
Posted on March 25, 2015 Taking place at the Mall Galleries until March 28th is an exhibition of work by Tim Benson VPROI and Lachlan Goudie ROI. The show features a range of new paintings by both artists including portraiture, nudes and still life. Both Lachlan and...
June Mendoza AO OBE ROI RP Recent Projects
Posted on March 7, 2015June Mendoza is one of our most prolific and highly respected portrait painters. She has been revelling in her most recent projects and shares this with us in her own words. “A portrait of opera’s Danielle de Niese painted at my beloved...
Brancaster Painting Day featuring David Curtis ROI
Posted on February 27, 2015
The Big Painting Challenge
Posted on February 25, 2015ROI member Lachlan Goudie is featured in the new BBC series “The Big Painting Challenge”. Lachlan is judging in the series alongside Daphne Todd OBE. The series aims to search for Britain’s best amateur artist and is presented by Una Stubbs...
Cavendish Morton RI ROI 1911 – 2015
Posted on February 13, 2015 We have recently heard the very sad news that Cavendish Morton has passed away. He died just before his 104th birthday and had been a long term member of the society.