Roy P Awbery produces original fine art paintings in acrylic and water colours across a variety of different genres - life’s too short to be pigeon-holed!
Commission enquiries are always welcomed.
Roy P Awbery produces original fine art paintings in acrylic and water colours across a variety of different genres - life’s too short to be pigeon-holed!
Commission enquiries are always welcomed.
Roy P Awbery was born in Reading, England in 1969 and is profoundly colour-blind, being unable to recognise or identify most colours. His colour-blindness is an extreme form of the vision impairment and Roy has endured many occasions of being told what he could not or would not be able to do, including working in science, the military or the arts.
Roy is a research scientist with BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in chemistry and currently leads work in the field of nuclear forensics. His work means he has traveled extensively, and this has allowed him to see the world in many different ways. Having grown up in the Berkshire countryside and with a passion for visiting stately homes, National Trust properties and museums his love of travel and discovery grew, and his travels continue to influence his ongoing art interests with inspiration being taken from a wider variety of subjects. It is this reason Roy chose not to focus on just one genre and enjoys experimenting with different subjects, media and techniques.
Roy has sketched for as long as he can remember and has been an amateur photographer for over 30 years, which has provided him with an understanding of composition. He began painting, for the first time, in December 2018 after his wife bought him a set of water colours as a gift. He was frustrated by his first attempts and so set himself a personal challenge to paint something every day for a month. Entirely self-taught, Roy’s progress was rapid and after 30 continuous days of painting his style and technique developed, particularly with abstract art.
Roy has had his artwork featured on a BBC Radio interview in January 2020, highlighted in his company’s in-house journal and has had artwork loaned for display at Nibsy’s Cafe and Barkham Office Furniture Ltd showroom, both in Reading.
Roy’s ethos is to make art accessible to everyone and in his pursuit of this often gifts his paintings to charity auctions, friends, and those who would not ordinarily feel able to buy original fine art. He also leaves one of his abstract paintings in every new town or city he visits for some lucky passer-by to find and take home.
Roy continues to live in Berkshire with his wife, family, two dogs and their cat and is looking forward to developing his art career into a potentially full-time occupation.