Vale Robin Welch: Potter, Painter, Printmaker 23/7/1936–5/12/2019 An Australian Connection

Robin Welch died recently aged 83. He was an innovative artist who used ceramics, painting and printmaking as his chosen media within which he integrated themes. He developed new forms and techniques, often combining different methods of construction: hand-built, thrown and slab sections, to provide a canvas for his ideas.

In 2007, to coincide with his 70th birthday, a major retrospective of his work was held at the Rufford Ceramic Centre in Nottinghamshire in recognition of his lifetime of commitment to making art. It included installations of pots, paintings, prints and wall-panels. Evident in many of these works were the influences of the Australian landscape, the colours, textures and its harsh, rugged beauty as expressed through Welch’s understanding of materiality.

Welch was from Warwickshire and studied art at college in Nuneaton, followed by the Penzance School of Art