BOB RUDD Bob Rudd was born in Suffolk in 1944 and studied at the Bath Academy of Art between 1969 and 1973, becoming a member of the Royal Society of Painters in watercolours in 1995. He has exhibited extensively at galleries in London and throughout the country, including solo exhibitions in London, Edinburgh and the Isles of Scilly, collecting prestigious awards along the way. His work is displayed in public and corporate collections including the new parliamentary buildings at Westminster and the House of Lords. He works mainly in watercolour, and enjoys painting strong images of the less cultivated landscapes and grand buildings of Britain. 'When I’m painting, I try to capture the spirit of the place and also something of the excitement felt there. But I am creating a painting that has to be independent and exciting in itself. I deliberately mix naturalistically rendered with freely interpreted and arbitrarily invented passages to create tension and unpredictability.'