News & events
Peter Wileman – ‘A Personal View’
Peter Wileman FROI RSMA has a new exhibition with Thompson's gallery in London from November 7th-24th. The show delivers an exciting new body of work depicting London, New York and more.
AGBI – Raffle of Paintings
AGBI The Artists’ General Benevolent Institution Helping Professional Artists for over 200 years This year the Royal Institute of Oil Painters will be raffling three wonderful oil paintings by its members in order to raise funds for this important charity. The three...
ROI Paint Live 2018
Come and take part in the Royal Institute of Oil Painters annual Paint Live competition, a friendly and engaging event where you will have the day to create a painting within a half mile of Mall Galleries. This area includes some of London's most iconic places: Big...
Johnny Walsom AROI – solo exhibition
Johnny Walsom AROI is currently holding a solo exhibition at the Fountain Gallery near Hampton Court which runs until September 2nd. The exhibition features plein air and bigger studio pieces with over 50 paintings on show, painted in London, Norfolk, Devon, Cornwall,...
Graham Webber ROI IEA Solo show
Graham Webber ROI has a solo show running from 14 July - 5 August 2018 at Thompson's Gallery, Aldeburgh. The exhibition features recent paintings from East Anglia and beyond is now available to view online on the Thompsons Gallery website. You are warmly invited to...
New ROI President and ROI Vice President
At the recent ROI AGM at the Mall Galleries in London our out-going President Ian Cryer handed over the reins to Tim Benson who is elected as the new President of the ROI. We say a huge thank you to Ian for all that he has done for the society during his tenure and...
Philip James ROI Figure Painting with model (workshop)
Philip James ROI will be holding a workshop 'Figure painting with the model' at the Mall Galleries (Learning Centre) on June 27th, 10:30am-4pm Workshop overview Philip James ROI will guide you through methods of observation and description, Mapping the Human;...
Philip James ROI The Secret Life of Objects (workshop)
Philip James ROI will be holding a workshop 'The Secret Life of Objects' at the Mall Galleries (Learning Centre) on July 19th, 10:30am-4pm Workshop overview You can work in oil, acrylic and watercolour, bring your own materials. Philip James ROI will guide you through...
Philip James ROI Painting a Portrait (workshop)
Philip James ROI will be holding a workshop 'Painting a Portrait' at the Mall Galleries (Learning Centre) on September 24th, 10:30am-4pm Workshop overview Philip James ROI will guide you through methods of observation and description, Mapping the Human; character and...
Philip James ROI ‘Completing the Portrait’ (workshop)
Philip James ROI will be holding a workshop 'Completing the Portrait' at the Mall Galleries (Learning Centre) on September 25th, 10:30am-4pm Workshop overview Selective focus: Refining parts – eyes, mouth, jaw, hair, clothes. A final assessment with individual...
Congratulations to our new Associate members.
We have the pleasure of announcing that we have two newly elected Associate members! Well done to Julia Hawkins AROI and Johnny Walsom AROI. It's a great achievement so many congratulations and we're really looking forward to painting and exhibiting together with you...
ROI 2017 prize winners
The ROI annual show opened with a real buzz of excitement. Philip Mould (BBC's Fake or Fortune) opened the show and presented the prize winners with their awards. Many congratulations to the all the prize winners at this year's outstanding annual ROI exhibition. ROI...