About Rob

Rob Candy began painting watercolours at Ku-ring-gai Arts Centre during the 1980s with Owen Thompson, and at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales with Frederic Bates OAM. He has a degree in Geography, which informs his analysis of, and appreciation for, the landscape.

Since 2005, Rob Candy has taught watercolour painting, and he conducts watercolour workshops throughout Australia. A passionate traveller, he has led, both as a guide and tutor, numerous watercolour tours to such places as the Silk Road in China, the high plateau of Tibet, Turkey, the Balkans, Vietnam, Cambodia and India. His visit to Normandy culminated in a solo exhibition with the theme of the fishermen of Honfleur, France.

See more on Rob’s Facebook and Instagram pages, and on his website here.

Awards & Accomplishments

Memberships

• Watercolour Society of Victoria President 2019- 2022

• Victorian Artist Society

• Australian Watercolour Institute 2005

Literature

• Featured artist in the Australian Artist Magazine October 1996, June 2002, March 2004, January 2012

• Australian Watercolours, Australian Watercolour Institute 2007

• Masters of Watercolour Beagle Press 2016

Galleries

• Headmasters Gallery, St Ives Sydney

• Lavender Bay Gallery of the Royal Art Society in Sydney

• Weswal Gallery, Tamworth, NSW

• Red Hill Gallery in Brisbane.

• Bankside Gallery, Royal Watercolour Society, London

• Royal Cornwell Gallery, Truro UK

• Royal Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

Teaching

• Tutored at the Royal Art Society of NSW

• Watercolour tutor at the Ku ring gai Art Centre in Roseville 2006-2017

• Numerous workshops

Judging

• Lane Cove Municipal Art Prize 2008

• Camberwell Art Show Watercolours and Drawings 2021

• Victorian Artists Society Summer Exhibition 2024

Artist Statement

I am a lover of landscapes and places, being passionate to record them in watercolour — not only the stunningly beautiful, as in the case of Sydney Harbour, but also the ordinary, such as an urban lane or old farm shed. Painting exclusively in watercolour, I enjoy the challenge of laying transparent watercolour washes on rough paper and allowing the medium to dictate the outcome. I use watercolour due to its portability, allowing me to paint in situ.

Rob’s Artworks

If you would like to enquire about purchasing an artwork, please contact The Brandon Circle here.