Roger Hamer

My starting point is the painting as an object as opposed to the painting being a window or illustration.

To paraphrase Maurice Denis ‘A painting, before being a horse a nude or some anecdote is essentially a plane surface covered in colours assembled in a certain order.’

Each painting is the sum of the history of its making. They are a record of time, the process and the interaction of colours, textures, shapes and lines that occur by design or by accident.

Some have a structure imposed on them and some begin with a structure which is overlaid by improvisation.

It is hoped that the paintings can be regarded as objects of interest such as objects found on the beach, the countryside or street and require no previous knowledge to appreciate them.

Teaching

Head of Art, Harwich School 1977 – 2004

Teacher of art, Redborne School, Bedfordshire 1971 – 1977

Studied

Falmouth School of Art

Gloucestershire College of Art

Chelsea School of Art

Manchester Polytechnic

Exhibitions

London, Manchester, Cheltenham, Bradford, Bedford, Ampthill, Colchester and Harwich.

roger.hamer31@hotmail.com

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07876 596 656

31 West Street

Harwich, CO12 3DD