Robert Tilling R.I.  |   Curriculum Vitae Robert Tilling has lived in Jersey since 1968 and has held thirty solo exhibitions, including Exeter University and the Barbican Centre, London. His work has been selected for many mixed exhibitions including the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, the Royal West of England Academy and the Contemporary Arts Society. He has gained a number of awards including the Cleveland Drawing Biennale and two at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours for the most outstanding work. He has illustrated a number of books and publications for, among others, Charles Causley and Spike Milligan. His paintings have been illustrated in over thirty books and magazines.
Ouaisne Watercolour ©2001	Distant Islands Watercolour ©2001	Passing Storm Watercolour ©2001
Low Tide Textures Gouache on paper ©2002	Harbour Gouache on paper ©2002	Distant Headlands, Evening Gouache on paper ©2002

Working primarily in watercolour, acrylic, gouache and charcoal, the majority of his work is based on local landscape and seascape. He is presently the Chairman of the Management Committee at the Jersey Arts Centre. He has lectured widely, including the Tate Gallery and at Exeter University, his writing on jazz and blues have been published on both sides of the Atlantic.

A great deal of my work is based on the landscape and still life which is composed by a process of imaginative reconstruction in which both observation and memory play important parts. - Robert Tilling

This technique is not for the faint-hearted: it needs to be done with a degree of panache that comes from experience gained with experimentation. - Patricia Seligman