Robert Shaw's work on exhibition at Staithes Gallery
Robert Shaw was born in Ripley, Derbyshire in 1974. After studying for an HND at Newcastle College of Art he went to Middlesbrough College of Art and graduated in 1998 with a First Class Honours degree in Spatial Design. After working for several years as a Design Project Manager, he is now working full time as a professional artist.
A self taught painter, he began painting when his family moved to Boulby, overlooking Staithes, in 1994. The village, with its clusters of cottages balanced precariously against the elements, is the source of his inspiration. He constantly seeks new ways to depict the buildings and their ever shifting relationship with the winds, the tides, the storms and the light that envelop them. His work exploits the variety of perspective offered by cliff top views and the winding paths climbing up and behind the cottages. Once seen these paintings are rarely forgotten but become ingrained in the viewer's memory of the unique and resolute beauty of this place.
