Rob Gutteridge

Gutteridge was born in West Bromwich, England in 1954 and arrived in Australia in 1965.^[1] He studied painting at the South Australian School of Art (now University of South Australia), and then worked as an illustrator, primarily of insects, for the South Australian Museum (1976-1979).^[2] In 1979, he received a travel grant from the Australia Council and a scholarship from the New York Studio School and, in 1992, thanks to another award, he studied at the Atelier Artistique Internationale des Artes in France.^[3] In 2011, he was awarded the Malaysia-Australia Visual Arts Residency, based at Rimbun Dahan.^[4][5] In 2016, he opened the Rob Gutteridge School of Classical Realism to teach classical realist techniques.^[6]

Gutteridge’s paintings and drawings have a strong focus on the human body and on clouds, using classical realist techniques.^[7] His work has been described as displaying “a keen appreciation of anatomy, structure and form”.^[8] He also practices and teaches écorché.^[9]

In 2016, he received a Highly Commended for a work in Monochrome award from the Society of Graphic Fine Art.^[10][11]

• Neylon, John. (September 1995). Artifice and the Eye. Artlink.