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About me

My name is Roger Hutchins and I am a fully qualified professional illustrator and graphic designer.

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My qualifications are as follows:

  • Art O Level in 1983

  • Art A Level in 1984

  • Foundation course diploma in 1987

  • BA Honours in Graphic design in 1990

  • City & Guilds 7407 teaching qualification for adult education in 2007.

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I began teaching adult education classes in 2006, and continue to do this.  I have taught students how to paint in Watercolour, Pastels, Acrylic, Gouche and oils.

In the 'class demos' page above, you can see a small number of the demonstrations I have done in my classes.

I have also taught childrens' book illustration courses, how to make 'pop ups' for pop up books or pop up greetings cards and Calligraphy classes.

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In September 2018 I held my first exhibition at Orleans House Gallery which I called 'Retro Perspectives' and was the most comprehensive collection of my artworks.  It was housed in the Stables Gallery from September - November. Several of these works sold during this exhibition.  As well as being their 'artist in residence', I also held various demonstrations for the public to watch and even join in as I went along!

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I began teaching online classes in 2020 painting 'upside down' to the camera so my students could easily see what I was doing.

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I am a very keen and active member of a miniature railway in Woking and have some of my artworks on view in their station building as well as information boards around the site.  I have also designed calendars and postcards for them.  A lot of my inspiration comes from photos taken at this beautiful 10 acre wooded site.

 

My wife Rachel and I own a caravan at Thorness Bay, Isle of Wight (North side, near Cowes) and again, this has provided me with an awful lot of inspiration; not just the stunning island itself but also our incredible site is a great source of inspiration for me; all of these works can be found under the subpage 'Isle of Wight artworks', under the 'artworks' tab above.

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Styles:
I paint in the following styles:
Watercolour, Gouche, Acrylic, Oil and Pastel

Previous clients:
The following companies have all comissioned me to do artwork for them:
The National Museum of The Royal Navy (several works), English Heritage, Turners House (Twickenham), Pitkin Guides, Hever Castle, Readers Digest, Orleans House Gallery (Twickenham), Imperial War Museum, Penguin Books UK, Royal National Submarine Museum, BBC History Magazine, Chatham Dockyard, RAF Museum (Hendon), The Science Museum, Regimental Secretary of The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, DK Publishing, Brunel's SS Great Britain, Austrian Natural History Museum, Woking Miniature Railway Society (Mizens Railway), GWR Museum (Swindon).

I have also undertaken several private commissions.

In 2020, my wife Rachel briefed me on a particular Christmas card design she wanted.  It was a Victorian style Christmas Eve in Godshill, Isle of Wight.  The design was entered into a competition with the Christmas Imaginarium shop in Ryde, Isle of Wight and we were one of the winners.  Our card was then turned into Christmas cards that went on sale at their shop as well as online.  This became our Christmas card for 2020.

In 2021, I entered a competition with Arts Richmond to design a Christmas card for Richmond MP Sarah Olny.  My design was of the view of Richmond from Richmond Hill.  I came second in the competition and had my design on the back of her official Christmas card.

In June 2022, I entered a competition called 'Politics in art' and submitted a collage of Alan Turing.  I was thrilled to win this competition.
 

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