Sunday 14 June 2009

Exhibition in Edinburgh - Saturday 15 August 2009


Geoffrey Roper is exhibiting on Saturday 15 August 2009 at the offices of Montagu Evans in Edinburgh.

12 noon to 4 pm

Montagu Evans
Exchange Tower
19 Canning Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EG


"Half Gale Sands"

Oil on canvas, Geoffrey Roper



"Pedal pushers"

Oil on board, Geoffrey Roper



"Fettes Window"

Oil on board, Geoffrey Roper



Oil on board, Geoffrey Roper


"Star"

Oil on board, Geoffrey Roper


Geoffrey Roper Add Image

Geoffrey Roper is a renowned Scottish artist whose work is wide ranging, appealing to a variety of tastes.

Roper has lived and worked in locations including Athens, Cannes, Geneva and Les Issambres and is now based just outside Edinburgh where he works from his own studio.

Geoffrey has had 45 one-man exhibitions since 1964 and has Private Collections throughout Britain, Europe and several worldwide locations.

History

Born in Nottingham in 1942, Roper studied at Nottingham Secondary Art School then Nottingham College of Art. He attended Edinburgh College of Art as an Andrew Grant Scholar (1960-1962) where he was awarded a Diploma in Drawing & Painting. During this time Geoff won a travelling scholarship and also studied at Hospitalfield, Arbroath in summer 1962.

Awarded an Andrew Grant Post Graduate Year in 1963. Studied under Sir Robin Philipson, PRSA, RA, John Maxwell, RSA and James Cumming, RSA.

Roper has had 45 one man exhibitions since 1964 in the following galleries: William Street Gallery; Douglas Foulis Gallery; David Letham Gallery; Great King Street Gallery; Figurehead Gallery, Leith; Rolls Royce; and the Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; the Fine Arts Society in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London; Silver Coin Gallery, Harrowgate; Civic Art Gallery, Middlesbrough; King Street Gallery, Dublin; and Pavilion Croix des Gardes, Cannes.

Publications & Illustrations include: “An Appreciation of Roper’s Work” commissioned for Rolls Royce; “Destiny’s Daughter” R. Galbraith, Mainstream Publications; “Goldsmith and Reekie” Sydney Goodsire Smith, McDonald Publications; “A Suburb of Belsen” Paul Harris, Edinburgh; “Lawful Occasions” A & J Clark, Edinburgh; “Newhall House” David Young; and “A Patron of Art” Royal Bank of Scotland PLC.