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Fresh off the easel - Church Through A Poppy Field

This is the latest painting to be completed and is now available for sale.  Contact us if you would like more information.

About this painting, Roger says "I have done something rather different with this painting. Rather than the normal viewing point, which is standing, I have painted it as though the viewer is sitting down in the field of poppies and looking at the church through the poppies, which I have done to create a more three dimensional quality, added to by the poppies being painted impasto. In the real thing you can see the brush strokes and build up of paint on the petals of the poppies".

Photo competition

We would like you to post your favourite photo of a landscape or seascape on our Facebook page (search for Roger Harvey Art or follow the link on our website and don't forget to 'like' and 'share' whilst you're at it!). We will select one photo which will be used as the basis for our next oil painting.  The winner will receive 20 greetings cards from Roger Harvey Art and the painting will be available to purchase to benefit 'Help for Heroes'.  See our Facebook page for full details.

New Appointment

We are delighted to announce that we have recently appointed Fay Ashworth as Public Relations Manager to look after the promotional activities of Roger Harvey Art.  Fay has lots of experience, has a wealth of ideas and has already launched a business page on Facebook for Roger Harvey Art, which is generating a great deal of interest and traffic from all over the world.

Completion of an exciting new challenge

I have just completed a painting of a one year old, Harry, for his first birthday and his parents are thrilled.  Have a look on the oil painting page of the website.  Everyone is delighted that it has captured not only his likeness but also his personality.

Roger believes that the success is due to his knowledge of child photography, gained over many years.  The use of photography is the ideal way to create paintings, not only of children, for whom it is ideal as they are so active, but also for portraits of adults because people no longer have the time to sit in a studio, while a painting is being created.  This way, the painting is ready five to six weeks from the photographs being taken.  After all, many of the old masters used camera obscura to create paintings going back to the 15th century.

A Unique Gift

We are delighted to announce the launch of pen and ink or pen and ink and wash drawings of churches, which make ideal, unique gifts to celebrate weddings or christenings or just as a gift for someone precious to remember their own parish church.  For full details and prices look on our website http://www.rogerharveyart.co.uk/ - click on the tab 'Unique Gift'. 

St Hilary Church, St Hilary, Cornwall

St Mary's, Walsham le Willows, Suffolk

St Bartholomew's, Leigh, Surrey

Annual Wine Tasting in aid of St. Nicholas Hospice

On Sunday 6th November, Roger was invited to join Shami Gill, the proprietor of Wattisfield Wines, Walsham le Willows, at his annual charity fundraising event at Haughley Park Barn, Stowmarket.

Over 70 wines from all over the world were set out at seven tables for people to taste, a light lunch was served and Roger's paintings were displayed on a lit show stand and they created a great deal of interest, as it was the first time in the 10 years' history of the wine tasting event that there was an added attraction for people to enjoy. 

At 2.00 pm a portrait, that Roger had painted of Shami Gill, was unveiled to enthusiastic applause.  People commented that Shami was wearing the same clothes that he had worn for the photographs, from which the painting was created and that Roger had captured the unique way in which Shami holds a wine glass. 

Left to right:  Shami Gill, Roger Harvey and the portrait of Shami

Roger explained, to a number of people who asked, that, he prefers to take a large number of photographs of a subject as they reveal mannerisms that are peculiar to that person.  As a result, you not only capture the likeness but you capture that something special, which Roger calls 'their action print'.  This can be seen in many of the paintings of sporting personalities that are displayed on Roger's website www.rogerharveyart.co.uk - look at the 'Memories' tab.