Ron Boyd

Ron Boyd was born near Newport, Fife, Scotland and studied at Perth Academy, Duncan of Jordanston College of Art, Dundee, under Alberto Morocco and David Mclure. He gained his Masters Degree in Fine Art at the Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London, under Ruskin Spear, Carel Weight and Sir Roger de Grey. Ron won First Prize in the prestigious "Spirit of London" painting competition for his oil painting, entitled "Putney Bridge". Ron's paintings and drawing are exhibited widely in Britain and abroad. His work has in the past been selected for the John Moores exhibition of contemporary painting at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, and also for the Royal Academy summer exhibition. A landscape drawing over the River Wye was selected for the influential British Drawing exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, on London's South Bank. . Ron is also the recipient of the "Victor Moody Award" for drawing. This award was given for a pencil and paper study of a Forest of Dean quarry. . At present Ron lives and works in the Forest of Dean. Ron spends part of each day in the Forest and his ideas for paintings develop from this experience. Time and the seasons are integral elements in his work along with the use of space, light and colour. Th...

Solo exhibitions

2008and 2009 Ron Boyd - Recent Paintings, Great Atlantic Gallery , Monmouth 2007 Ron Boyd - Paintings and Drawings, The George Gallery, Newnham on Severn 2006 Ron Boyd - Paintings and Drawings, Atrium Gallery, Gloucester UK 2006 Ron Boyd - Severn and Wye Paintings and Drawings, Sundial Gallery, Cirencester, Gloucestershire UK 2005 Ron Boyd - Severn and Wye Paintings and Drawings, Guildhall Arts Centre, Gloucester UK 2005 Ron Boyd - Paintings and Drawings, Star Gallery, Cheltenham UK 2005 Ron Boyd - Paintings and Drawings of the Severn and Wye, Cotswold Council Chamber, Cirencester, Gloucestershire UK 2004 Ron Boyd -Paintings and Drawings, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester 2004 Around the Forest of Dean, Bridgewater Art Centre, Bridgewater 2002 Ron Boyd - Works from the Forest, Worcester City Art Gallery, Worcester 2002 Ron Boyd at Taurus Art Centre, Lydney, Gloucestershire 2001 Walks in the Forest, Dean Heritage Gallery 2000 Time Spent in the Forest, Guildhall Arts Centre, Gloucester 1992 Hereford City Art Gallery 1990 Guildhall Arts Centre, Gloucester 1987 Dean Heritage Centre, Forest of Dean 1981 Air Gallery, London 1979 New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh 1979 Heatherly Gallery, London

Group exhibitions

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