Royal Academy slot the fruit of Roy’s labours

LINCOLN artist Roy Summerfield-Shapiro has his painting accepted by prestigious Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London. Roy is a graduate of Goldsmiths College London, where he studied painting and sculpture and now works from his garden studio in Sudbrooke specialising in still life painting.

Out of six thousand entries to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Roy's oil painting titled Who Knocked Over The Oranges? was short listed and then selected for the exhibition that runs until August 20.

After studying art in London in the 1970s he then went on to pursue a career making musical instruments.

A couple of years ago he returned to his original interest in art and he has developed a unique style of realistic still life creations.

"I am interested in representing simple natural objects like fruit and vegetables, combined with manmade objects like glass, copper, pewter and ceramics; - a celebration of the textures, colours and shapes that evoke the beauty of Nature,” said Roy, whose entry sold at the start of the exhibition.

“I've always been fascinated by the 17th century Dutch, Flemish and Spanish still life artists who produced such exquisite work." Before exhibiting in the Royal Academy, Roy's work was displayed in the recent Usher Gallery exhibition. Visit