Meet Featured Artist Roger Ricketts born in Wolverhampton in 1947.
His love of art started from childhood and he would enjoy experimenting with different colours and shading.
By his twenties, he was painting ‘stills’, which included fruit, bottles and animals. When he became a father in his thirties, his art took a back seat (like so many artists experience), but he never lost his passion for art.
In his forties, he picked up the brush once again when he was inspired after visiting a famous Scottish castle.
After moving to Redditch and finally retiring from his day job in his sixties, he started to experiment with different styles of painting including new scenes and landscapes – mountains, boats and the ocean. Recently, he has begun to use resin in his works, which he feels gives his art greater depth, allowing him to elaborate his designs even more by being able to add layers which bring it to life and create a 3D effect.
The art that he now creates is broad and he enjoys painting different topics.
He has no fear when trying something new – over the years, he has used many different mediums from oils to pebeo to resins. His grandson designed and created a website for him, where he can display his artwork for people to browse online, which can be found here.
Roger has also recently started making coasters and keyrings from resin, which to display and sell along with paintings in local exhibitions throughout the year.
He is hopeful to continue experimenting with different types of art for many years to come, from his home “studio” in Redditch.
