News & events
New exhibition & video tour – Greg Mason AROI
Greg Mason AROI has a wonderful new exhibition for 2021 which focuses on landscape paintings in Mallorca. Being locked down in Mallorca in 2021 was a gift for landscape artist Greg Mason - giving rise to a collection of works exploring the theme 'Elements', focusing...
New exhibition – Peter Wileman FROI and Lucy Mckie ROI
'Counterpoint' is a two person exhibition of contrast and beauty by Peter Wileman FROI RSMA FRSA and Lucy McKie ROI. Friends and both distinguished members of the Royal Insitute of Oil Painters, their work has very little else in common, yet they are strangely...
Congratulations to our newly elected members!
Following recent elections at the ROI AGM we have the great pleasure to announce the following new full members of the ROI: Michael J Ashcroft ROI Julia Hawkins ROI Tom Stevenson ROI We are also delighted that we have four newly elected Associate members. Amanda...
ROI 2020 Annual Exhibition – Discover more!
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters and Mall Galleries are hosting some great online events and articles which will allow you to discover more about the current exhibition and some of the ROI members. Video tour of the exhibition with Peter Graham ROI A modern...
ROI 2020 Annual Exhibition – Prize winners
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters and Mall Galleries would like to congratulate all prizewinners and give a special thank you to all our prize-givers. The full exhibition can be viewed on the Mall Galleries website. Prize Winner Work The Stanley Grimm Prize (II)...
ROI 2020 Annual Exhibition – now online
The Royal Institute of Oil Painters presents this year’s annual exhibition exclusively online. The shows goes on, online, making it easy to browse the exhibition from the comfort and safety of home and buy works at the click of a button. Even better is that sold works...
Brian Ryder ROI – paintings for this year’s annual show
Following on from my Venice paintings I exhibited last year with some success I vowed to exhibit something different this year as I continually strive to explore the world of painting, believing that trying different approaches and subjects you better yourself as a...
ROI members participate in NHS ‘Portraits for Heroes’ initiative
A number of ROI members including Tim Benson PROI and Adebanji Alade VPROI recently participated in a fantastic art intiative to help celebrate the dedication and service of our NHS key workers. When the UK went into lockdown in March 2020 to contain the spread of the...
John Walsom ROI – ‘New Landscapes’ exhibition
John Walsom ROI has a fantastic 'New Landscapes' exhibition running at the Fountain Gallery in East Molesey from July 21st - August 2nd 2020. The gallery is open 11am-5pm, Tuesday-Sunday. Gallery details: The Fountain Gallery, 26 Bridge Road, Hampton Court, East...
Luis Morris ROI – Wimbledon tennis All-England club project
Luis Morris ROI has been busy working over the last three years on a project for the All-England Club, Wimbledon, to record the rebuilding of Number 1 court to add a sliding roof. Luis describes what he has been up to: I did something similar for them with Centre...
Happy 100th birthday – Kathleen Crow ROI
The ROI would like wish Kathleen Crow ROI a very happy 100th birthday! Kathleen was born in 1920 in Oxton, Nottinghamshire (where she still lives) and studied part time fine art at Nottingham Art College with Ronald Thursby and later with Leslie Goodwin. Kathleen grew...
ROI ‘Rhapsody’ exhibition – now open with The Gallery Holt
The ROI are delighted to announce that their exhibition 'Rhapsody' is now available to view in person with The Gallery Holt in North Norfolk. This exhibition by Members of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) will continue until Tuesday 21st July 2020, 10am –...