Rob has been involved in art from a very early age, painting his first work in oils

at the age of just seven under the guidance of his father, George Miller, a prolific landscape painter of the Ribble and Lune Valley during the 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s. Since those days art in all its forms has been a significant feature of his life both as an artist and in his other career in Young Peoples Services. For the last 20 years the Visual Arts have taken up an increasing amount of his day, resulting in his showing work regularly for 15 years, including six one person shows. 

Following his art studies at Bolton Institute some seven years ago Rob has developed what he hope’s is an increasingly painterly response to his subject matter which constantly returns to the open space, people and their habitation in the in the uplands of the North West of England. Rob finds the Atlantic climate, geology, ecology, history and culture of the upland areas fascinating. He tends to explore

this through working in short series, making open air sketches and compositions and exploring his medium and changing style and methods of application as he responds to the changing seasons.

As well as England’s North West Rob has also painted the Hebrides, Cornwall and West France. He also experiments with more figurative subjects and pieces inspired by flowers and seeds.

Rob’s work is influenced and referenced by the art of Paul Nash, Mark Rothko, Nicolas De Stael, Ben Nicholson, and Turner. South West artists such as John Miller, Kurt Jackson and Neil Pinkerton are also a great influence, and on a Northern basis the excellent work of the Bolton painter James Naughton. 

The work of land based poets Ted Hughes and Philippe Jaccottet has also had an impact on Rob’s paintings, influencing his vision and feelings towards his chosen subject and approach to the landscape.

Rossendale Farm

Mixed media on paper

Image size (excluding frame) 27.5" x 9" (70 x 23 cm)

£430.00

Martindale

Mixed media on paper

Image size (excluding frame) 27.5" x 9" (70 x 23 cm)

£430.00