MIKE ROLLINS

Mike Rollins BA(Hons) is an artist based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. His style of landscape painting is a mixture of traditional and expressive techniques in a variety of media, including watercolour, acrylic and oil paints.

Born in West Yorkshire, he grew up surrounded by the rugged moorland of the Brontës and Ted Hughes. Subconsciously, his eye has been coloured ever since by its legacy of grit- stone buildings and stark beauty.

Having originally studied theatre set design, Mike went on to create themed visitor attractions and museum exhibitions, working with companies such as Tussauds and English Heritage.

He now works as a fine artist and tutor, demonstrating and holding workshops for art societies and adult education centres. Mike has also featured in various publications including Leisure Painter & The Artist magazine,

to which he is a regular contributor of articles on how to paint in acrylics.

In 2022, Mike was a finalist in the British Art Prize, run by Artists & Illustrators magazine. He has been chosen several times to exhibit his work as a finalist In the TALP Open Exhibition at the Patchings Arts Centre,

Notts and in 2017 won its St Cuthbert’s Mill Award.

 

Mike has taken part in exhibitions throughout Hertfordshire and London, including Herts Open Studios.