Whinfield Gallery guest artists

Representational Painter

Ben is a full Member of both the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) and a Past President of The Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA).

Over the last ten years, Ben has become known as a leading contemporary representational artist in Salcombe, Devon. He has been visiting Salcombe for many decades, so knows it well and having had many successful annual solo shows.

Light, atmosphere and the presence of water are notable features of his work. It is the observation and celebration of these elements that make his work distinctive and desirable.

Ben has exhibited annually at the Mall Galleries, London since 2004.  To date he has had 24 solo shows in the UK and exhibits regularly in various commercial galleries.  His work is held in corporate and private collections in the UK, the USA, France, Germany, Italy, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Land & Seascape

Bobbi was born in Los Angeles, California where she studied at the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

The first 15 years of Bobbi’s professional career was as an Art Director, Graphic Designer and Production Manager producing visual art, graphics in the advertising and entertainment Industries.

Bobbi both established herself as a tutor and set up her first artist studio in Salcombe in Devon when she moved here in 1991 and where she has continued to create her unique style of ‘Land and Seascape’ and highly popular ‘People’ paintings.

Bobbi’s work has been in many exhibitions both in California and the UK. Here in the UK she has been represented by the Whinfield Gallery, Gallery5 and the Salcombe Art Loft in Salcombe, the Mayne Gallery in Kingsbridge, the Ariel Centre in Totnes and White Space Art in Totnes.

Metalworker

Andy is a contemporary artist metalworker, making unique sculptures and architectural ironwork from his workshop in South Devon.

When Andy originally moved to South Devon he joined a crab fishing boat and learnt the age old methods of coastal fishing. A love of the sea and all things mechanical led him to join The Salcombe Lifeboat as full-time Mechanic and Deputy Coxswain.

After seventeen years’ dedication to the RNLI, he decided to return to a more creative way of life. He began by forming sculptures from old garden and farming tools, which eventually led him to relight his forge.

Andy is a true and instinctive artist with a sensitive eye for detail derived from the natural world. His feel for the material he works with enables him to create detailed beauty in each bespoke piece.