Updated information about Roy's current activities coming soon.. things you just must know about Roy!....... Roy Wilkins is an abstract expressionist artist based in Melbourne Australia. He creates large scale mixed media paintings on canvas. Roy is largely self taught with a lifelong passion for art and art history and encouraging others to share the joy of creating art. Roy's paintings are a result of extensive experimentation with a range of mediums including acrylics, ink, salt and spray paint, and styles including drawing, collage, and stencilling. His work comprises layers of patterns, shapes, lines and colour, which are reworked and relayered until until Roy is finally satisfied with the results. Roy's motivation for painting comes from feelings and reactions to music stimuli, usually electronic music. The resulting images are emotional landscapes created in a spontaneous abstract expressionist style. Roy draws much of his inspiration from tribal masks and other abstract iconography and the works of are Jean-Michel Basquiat, Albert Tucker and Jean De Buffet. On arrival in Melbourne from London in 1999, Roy worked at the Heide Art Gallery preparing the gallery for exhibitions. During this time he was privileged to view Albert Tucker's collection, which inspired him to dedicate his life to painting.
Since 2008 Roy has had 6 solo exhibitions and has been involved in group exhibitions around Melbourne, Victoria, since 2002. His work is held in private collections in Australia, Spain, Portugal and England. Some of Roy's achievements include:
Best Abstract lnterpretive work Camberwell Rotary Art Show - 2012 (Inner Chapel)
Finalist in the Smorgon Steel Art Prize - 2001 (Shoes and Teeth)
Cambetwell Girls Grammar Art Show Aquisition - 2011(Sad Emoticons)
Best in Show Hart Art - 2011 (Big Baby)
Highly commended Roberts McCubbin Art Show - 2011 (The Green Man)
Highly Commended at Roberts McCubbin Art Show - 2010
Best in Show at Roberts McCubbin - 2009 (Tropical Bloody Hell)