Solstice

Rod Sutterby lives and works in Ninebanks, near Hexham, Northumberland. He studied Painting and Ceramics at The Bath Academy of Art. Since then, he has illustrated several books and calendars and is well-known for his paintings and illustrations of landscapes, seascapes and fish. Rod has also taught painting and printmaking at Stourbridge School of Art, Design Communication at High Wycombe School of Art and Illustration at Newcastle School of Art.

 

Many of Rod’s paintings feature the changing seasons and the wild land and seascapes which surround him in his studio in Northumberland. Shifts in colour, shadows and light, both above ground and below water in rivers and the sea, preoccupy him in particular. Very widely shown, Rod’s exhibitions include a solo exhibition at the Duchess Gallery - Kielder Castle 1991; Wildlife Art - The Natural History Museum, London 1996; Society of Wildlife Artists - The Mall Gallery, London 1996; Christies' Europa Gallery - London 1997; Carlisle Open - Tullie House, Carlisle 1997/ 98; Cotswold Wildlife Gallery - Lechlade 1998; Stacy Marks Gallery - Perth 1998 and Christies' Sporting Art - London.

 

Recent commissions include: JD Wetherspoon plc, The Duke of Northumberland, The Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group, The Salmon Foundation. Works are held in private and corporate collections: Britain, France, Canada, Greece, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Switzerland, Finland, North America, Sweden.

 

Rod Sutterby’s award of a Sir Peter Kent, Conservation Book Prize for The Wild Trout - A natural history of an endangered fish is just one manifestation of the quality of his work.