Based in Bristol, Rob Carter studied fine art at Falmouth College of art from 1993-1999 and has gone on to exhibit work at a number of galleries across the southwest. He has worked within the visual arts and music industry throughout his career but in recent years has focused on painting and visual merchandising installations.

Carter’s paintings largely depict his environment, the objects and fixtures that surround us every day. These things are many, yet we scarcely acknowledge the time we spend looking at, or interacting with them. For most of us the fixtures and fittings of our homes and workspaces fill our field of view far more often than the classically beautiful subjects found in nature. All of these man made items began life as a design on a drawing board and for Carter returning them to a 2 dimensional form to be exhibited, highlights how significant they are in our lives.

Nostalgia and memory also play a big part in Carter’s work. Toys from his childhood in the 70’s and 80’s are a subject matter he returns to regularly. These were highly valued items as a child. Painting and framing them, once again instills value to these objects and allows us to take them with us in to adulthood.

His work has found its way on to the walls of some interesting homes from English castles to the collections of prominent U.S politicians and heads of global NGO’s. There is often visual subtext and an underlying dark humor within his work, which is a key motivator in his creative process.

“Beware of artists. They mix with all classes of society and are therefore the most dangerous.”

Queen Victoria