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Heidi Lai attempts to capture the beauty of every day life in her work. She is an oil painter based in Sydney.'This painting explores the quiet poetry of market life. Through soft colors and gentle brushwork, it captures shoppers selecting fresh fruit - a timeless ritual that unfolds daily in cities worldwide. The hazy scene echoes how we remember such moments: not in sharp detail, but in warm imp …

Allan Wilkie is a figurative oil painter, exhibiting 'Evening Swim' at the ROI Annual Exhibition 2024.'I am interested in the four elements of water, earth, air and fire which are the sensual symbols that make up the different aspects of nature and energy in the world we live in.This painting is about water. I enjoy open water swimming and I have noticed that it is a popular activity with women, …

Haidee-Jo Summers VPROI RSMA was the winner of the Le Clerc Fowle Medal at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition 2024, for an outstanding group of paintings.This includes a work painted from life in France while Summers taught at The Lady of the Chateau. Enjoy exploring behind the scenes of Dinner at the Chateau de Puy Vidal.While this beautiful work sold immediately, Summers …

Nina Pancheva is a visual artist exhibiting at the ROI for the first time this year.'The painting ‘Realities’ began with finding a label—a label whose ingredients barely resemble food. This discovery provoked a series of questions, mainly about the tension between bread as both a symbol and a word, as well as between words and the meanings they convey. When, in fact, does bread stop being bre …