Saul Robertson RSW RGI : Blue Remembered
This body of work continues my interest in idyllic imagery. The places depicted are, for the most part imaginary: combined fragments of observation, memory and invention. Motifs recur and accumulate across different works as a sort of personal vocabulary.
In the end, the things I include in my paintings are the things I love: family, books and reading, lower-league football, animals, sand, water, clear skies and quietude. The paintings bring these elements together into imagined worlds that hopefully feel both familiar and slightly out of reach.
Saul Robertson was born in 1978 and studied drawing and painting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art between 1996 and 2000. During his time as a student he was nominated for the Scottish International Educational Trust Award and won The Ninewells MRI Imaging Purchase Prize.
Soon after graduating he was voted Young Artist of the Year, at the The Hunting Art Prizes at the Royal College of Art in London. Since then he has won numerous awards including: The City of Glasgow Prize, The David Cargill Senior Award, The David Cargill Award, The Armour Award, and The James Torrance Memorial Award at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.
