Berlin-check Painting

From my Bristol based studio I produce only 12 paintings a year. After considerable reflection I tend to work directly onto the canvas; marks emerge, which are followed and shaped: line is the prime signifier. Initially studying art under the Scottish colourist, John Nelson at Stevenson College in Edinburgh Ronnie moved to Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee before graduating with degrees in Architecture from Dundee University. After working with the internationally acclaimed architects Percy Thomas Partnership in Bristol and winning accolades for his public sector projects he set up his own practice, CODA Architects, where he could explore themes that would also inform his Art : intellectually generated, poetically inspired projects that reflect the ’genius Loci ‘ of a place. Wining numerous architectural awards Ronnie sustained his passion for Art by incorporating Art wherever possible in his projects and by creating his own abstracts rooted by an architects understanding of place and the importance of line to explore identity through memory, impulse and the human need to tell stories and make marks.