Robin Holder

My art is strongly rooted by a lifelong connection with the Severn, Britain's longest river, experiencing it for the first time aged four in the city of Worcester where I was born and raised.

This early fascination grew over time and drove me to becoming a completely self-taught painter, obsessed with capturing all two hundred and twenty miles from source to sea.

Inspiration comes easily and strong emotional ties influence my work, shifting from realism to abstraction dependant on whether my subject is immediate or recollected.

Watercolour, acrylics, oils and mixed media all form part of my approach, often with an emphasis on line. Line is usually my first response and I like to preserve the honesty in these marks.

Having shaken off all my earliest influences, I have spent over two decades creating my own account of the Severn, all two hundred and twenty miles of it.

Member of the Birmingham Watercolour Society since 2009.
Elected President of the Birmingham Watercolour Society in 2021.

No art qualifications or formal training. Completely self-taught.

2020
Autumn Exhibition 1 - Birmingham Watercolour Society.
The Granary Gallery, Weston Park, Weston-under-Lizard, Shifnal TF11 8LE.
Wednesday 2nd until Wednesday 30th September

2019
Solo Exhibition – Ironbridge Fine Arts
Birmingham Watercolour Society, Spring Exhibition – Weston Park, Staffordshire
Spring Exhibition – Ironbridge Fine Arts
Summer Exhibition – Ironbridge Fine Arts
Autumn Exhibition – Ironbridge Fine Arts

2018
Solo Exhibition – Ironbridge Fine Arts
Spring Exhibition - Ironbridge Fine Arts
Summer Exhibition - Ironbridge Fine Arts
Birmingham Watercolour Society, Summer Exhibition – Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire

2017
Spring Exhibition – Ironbridge Fine Arts
Spring Exhibition – Tinca Gallery, Portishead
Spring Exhibition – Bevere Gallery, Worcester
Birmingham Watercolour Society, Summer Exhibition – Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire
Summer Exhibition – Tinca Gallery, Portishead
Autumn Exhibition – Tinca Gallery, Portishead
Autumn Exhibition – Bevere Gallery, Worcester

2016
Spring Exhibition – Ironbridge Fine Arts
Spring Exhibition – Bevere Gallery, Worcester
Spring Exhibition – Tinca Gallery, Portishead
Birmingham Watercolour Society, Summer Exhibition – Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire
Autumn Ex...