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Artist Statement:
Rob Henderson has been
interested in aviation from a
very early age and has drawn
and painted since he can
remember. Having had no
‘formal’ training, unless you
include attending 6th form
college, where he always ended
up doing projects with an
aeronautical theme, much to
the teachers despair-but it
was-"more interesting than
drawing bowls of fruit and
ageing nude models". It was
from here, while enduring the
day-to-day boredom of
lectures, that small black and
white cartoons of various
aircraft began to appear.
These in turn developed into
the basis of the aircraft
caricatures he does today.
In December 2001 after a
string of unsatisfactory jobs
and a steadily increasing
demand for his work, Rob quit
his then current full time job
and started his own aviation
artwork company called
‘Caricature Aircraft
Pictures’. In 2005, the
business is still growing with
original paintings and prints
being produced for clients
around the globe. While
offering a selection of
caricature prints of various
aircraft types, the heart of
the business is ability of
offer a personalised
caricature artwork service.
Just as caricature is an
extreme form of art, the
personalised service is also
to the extreme. “The ...
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Rob Henderson Biography:
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35
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Male
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Committed
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0
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| Education |
Self Taught |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Illustration
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
There is no one single inspiration, though personalities that have without a doubt influenced my direction and love of art include:
My old tutor from 6th form college who told me once that "Proper artists don't do cartoon aeroplanes.";
My old boss who told me back in 2001 "It's only a phase so enjoy it while you can. You'll be back here within 6 months.";
Dugald Cameron (Squadron Prints);
Robert Taylor;
Mike Rondot;
Ronald Wong;
Rolf Harris (no, not a joke);
Wren (Oddentification);
Jim Davies (Garfield);
Giles;
Warner Brothers / Loony Toons animation;
Walt Disney animation;
MGM animation (esp Tom & Jerry)
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I have had two loves in my life - drawing and aviation.
I wanted to fly for the military as a career, and when that was obviously not going to be a reality, I returned to my artwork as I was so unhappy working for other people under their rules.
Specializing in aeronautical caricatures allows me to combine my two passions plus merge aspects of art and to some extent animation style graphics into something that I love doing. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Simply put:
Born,
picked up a pencil,
brought a toy Spitfire,
imagination set on fire by the thought of combining the two,
started drawing aviation subjects for fun,
continued drawing aviation subjects for fun,
started drawing as a potential career/business,
still drawing as a business,
wrote this for absolutearts.com,
now going back to my drawingboard where I will stay for some considerable time. |
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