Roy Sargent - fine artist

My eighth interpretation from work done in Tacloban City, Leyte.

Sampaguita Village 17. Oil Ink on Paper

29 x 52cm

My seventh interpretation from work done in Philippines.

Sampaguita Village 16. Oil Ink. 29 x 54cm

My sixth interpretation from work done in Philippines.

Sampaguita Village 15, Oil Ink 35 x 55cm

My fifth studio piece based on work done in Philippines.

Sampaguita Village 14 oil Ink 37 x 52cm

This is the fourth interpretation following my work in Philippines.

Sampaguita Village 13.

Oil Ink on Paper. 54 x 19cm

The third studio piece based on my Philippine work.

Sampaguita Village 12.

Oil Ink on Paper. 53 x 33cm

Advanced notice of my upcoming exhibition with Mike Cooke...plenty of time to get us in your diaries.

So I've had a break and its now time to start back in my studio, working on stuff I did in Philippines.

Sampaguita Village.

Oil Inks on Paper. 24 x 50cm

Second studio piece based on my Philippines work.

Sampaguita Village 2. Oil Inks on Paper. 52 x 37cm

My latest project was completed in Philippines. All are pastel works drawn from the roof of our house in Sampaguita Village, Tacloban City, Leyte.

All completed over a four week during a stay there in November 2024.

Sampaguita Village 1.

Soft Pastel 28 x 38cm

Sampaguita Village 2.

Soft Pastel 28 x 38cm

Sampaguita Village

Soft Pastel 38 x 28cm

Sampaguita Village 4

Soft Pastel 38 x 28cm

Sampaguita Village 5

Soft Pastel 28 x 38cm

Sampaguita Village 6

Soft Pastel 38 x 28cm

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Sampaguita Village 7

Soft Pastel & Charcoal 28 x 38cm

Sampaguita Village 8

Soft Pastel & Charcoal 38 x 28cm

Sampaguita Village

My next project is based around the Sandstone Trail in Cheshire. I went there with fellow artist Mike Cooke to do some initial sketching and taking photos.

The Sandstone Trail. Escarpment in Bulkeley Hill Wood 1. Soft Pastel. 30 x 42cm

The Sandstone Trail.

Escarpment in Bulkeley Hill Wood 2.

Soft Pastel. 30 x 42cm

This is my first studio piece based on the Sandstone Trail in Cheshire.

Bulkeley Hill Wood 1. Oil Ink on Paper. 28 x 41cm

Sandstone Trail. Bulkeley Hill Wood 2.

Oil Ink on Paper. 28 x 41cm

The Sandstone Trail. Bulkeley Hill Wood 3.

Oil Ink on Paper. 28 x 41cm

I've been back to the start of the Sandstone Trail at Frodsham for some more source drawing with fellow artist Mike Cooke.

Jacob's Ladder 1. Soft Pastel 29 x 40cm

The Sandstone Trail.

Dunsdale Hollow 1. Soft Pastel. 29 x 40cm

The Sandstone Trail.

Dunsdale Hollow 2. Soft Pastel. 40 x 29cm

This is a studio piece following my sketching trip to the start of the Sandstone Trail.

Jacob's Ladder 2. Oil Ink on Paper 28 x 40cm

My second studio piece based on The Sandstone Trail near Frodsham.

Jacob's Ladder 3. Oil Ink on Paper 28 x 39cm

The Sandstone Trail.

Dunsdale Hollow 3. Oil Ink on Paper 28 x 38cm

The Sandstone Trail.

Dunsdale Hollow 4.

Oil Ink on Paper 28 x 38cm

I'm still on the Sandstone Trail.

Cave at Dunsdale Hollow.

Oil Ink on Paper 28 x 37cm

The Sandstone Trail.

Dunsdale Hollow, Oil Ink on Paper 28 x 38cm

I'm back to Helsby Quarry with this one.

Oil Ink on Paper. 28 x 37cm

At last I have begun a couple of new projects. The following pastels were done around Frodsham in Cheshire where I will be showing my work art Castle Arts next year.

Helsby Quarry 1 Soft Pastels 29 x 42 cm

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Helsby Quarry 2. Soft Pastels 29 x 42 cm

Helsby Quarry 3. Soft Pastles 29 x 42 cm

Helsby Quarry 4. Soft Pastels 29 x 42 cm

Frodsham Caves 1. Soft Pastles 59 x 42 cm

Frodsham Caves 2. Soft Pastels 59 x 42 cm

Second studio piece based on Frodsham Caves. 28 x 41cm Oil Ink on Paper.

First studio piece based upon Frodsham Caves

Oil Ink on Paper 28 x 41cm

Number 6 based on Helsby Quarry

Oil Ink on Paper 28 x 41cm

Number 5 based on Helsby Quarry

Oil Ink on Paper 28 x 41cm

Number 4 based on Helsby Quarry

Oil ink on Paper 28 x 41cm

Number 3 based on Helsby Quarry

oil Ink on Paper 28 x 41cm

Number 2 based on Helsby Quarry

Oil Ink on Paper 28 x 41cm

So, I have begun my next project.

Helsby Quarry

Oil Ink on Paper 28 x 41 cm

Number 3 in my Frodsham Caves series.

Oil Ink on Paper. 28 x 41cm

Number 4 in my series from Frodsham Caves.

Oil Ink on Paper. 28 x 41cm

Number 5 in my series from Frodsham Caves.

Oil Ink on Paper. 28 x 30cm

Number 6 in my Frodsham Caves series.

Oil Ink on Paper. 28 x 41cm

Number 7 in my Frodsham Caves series.

Akua Ink on Paper. 28 x 41cm

I'm back at Helsby Quarry for this piece.

Akua Ink on Paper. 28 x 28cm

Number 8 in my series from Helsby Quarry.

Akua Ink on Paper. 28 x 41 cm

Number 9 in my Helsby Quarry series

Oil & Akua ink on Paper. 28 x 41cm

Number 9 in my Frodsham Caves series.

Oil & Akua ink on Paper. 28 x 41cm

So another session working on this painting and its been a struggle but I've decided that it is finished.

Grand Central FedEx - Oil on Board 85 x 65cm

As is often the way I couldn't leave this painting alone.

Grand Central Fedex - Oil on Board - 85 x 61cm

So after some more work on this painting today, it may be finished.

Grand Central FedEx - Oil on Board - 85 x 61cm

I've been away from my studio for nearly 2 months now and this painting has been waiting impatiently for me to get back to it, so today I have worked into it. Not feeling very motivated at the moment but it was about time.

This another representation of Grand Central Station Birmingham using one of my photomontages as a starting point.

Since the pandemic my work has been focused on City and Townscapes. Initially Worcester, followed by Birmingham, then Droitwich and back to Birmingham. I wanted to find ways to express these places and decided to cut and paste photomontages of the places from which to work.

WORCESTER IN THE RAIN

Walking around Birmingham one day with some good friends I was completely bowled over by the reflections of the city in the cladding that is a feature of Grand Central Station. Once again I used my own photos to produce a montage and this led to a number of works on paper and eventually to an oil painting.

REFLECTIONS OF BIRMINGHAM

My next project was a composite image of my home town Droitwich. I spent a few hours taking photos of the town and once again created a photomontage from which to work. I made a number of pieces on paper which finally led to an oil painting. All the main features of Droitwich are there somewhere, Chateau Impney, Lido Park with its bandstand and wood sculpture, the canal, the old brine pump, the Raven Hotel, the statue of St. Richard, the sculpture of the brine family and the thriving coffee culture centre (with me Ferly and friends). Gradually things are becoming more abstracted.

DROITWICH REVISITED

Back to Birmingham, this time I've focused on the entrance to Grand Central Station. Again I created a photomontage to get me going.

REFLECTIONS OF GRAND CENTRAL

The next works looked at another aspect of Grand Central Station and in thr process the images became more abstract. Again the work stemmed from a photomontage. This time paying more attention to what was happening around and about.

GRAND CENTRAL

As we are all too familiar 2020 saw much of the world struggling with the COVID pandemic and enforced lockdowns. It was a tragic time for many and has left a mark on us all. My wife Ferly caught Covid from work (she is a carer) and she was desperately ill for 5 weeks. I somehow managed to escape any ill effects and apart form worrying about Ferly I was desperate to continue working. Looking over my back garden fence there was a ready made, although ever changing panorama of trees that would keep me isolated for much if the time but still working. I've been in my present bungalow for over 10 years now, why haven't I seen them as a subject before.

I started working form the in the late winter early spring of 2020 and spent many days each week just recording the changes they underwent until January 2021. Luckily trees don't catch Covid, do they? Much of the work I did during those months is relatively small scale using various media but there are one or two larger pieces on paper and one large scale Acrylic Painting that took up much of July and August.

LOCKDOWN TREES