Rob Floyd - Jonah in the Belly of the Whale

£1,500.00

Oil on canvas
130 x 74 x 3 cm
2026

I am a figurative artist based in Cheshire working primarily in oils on canvas as well as producing graphic work on paper. My output ranges from portraiture to large scale religious work, as well as landscapes (particularly skyscapes) and still lives. What links all of my work is a sincere attempt to engage with the Divine through the creative process: Rather than feeling the existential angst of being alone in a meaningless universe I have always believed our lives and our world to be inherently full of meaning and that a central task of all human beings is to try to engage with this as fully as possible. My work represents a sustained attempt to do this, for me, the act of painting and this attempt are inextricably linked. I consider myself a painter in the ‘painterly’ tradition and use underpainting and glazing techniques to produce a final, often sketchy image which a viewer must ‘complete’, mixing the different layers in their own eyes as they look at the image while also bringing their own references and sensibilities to the process. I exhibit regularly in church and spiritual spaces including exhibitions at Manchester cathedral in 2025 and 2026.

Oil on canvas
130 x 74 x 3 cm
2026

I am a figurative artist based in Cheshire working primarily in oils on canvas as well as producing graphic work on paper. My output ranges from portraiture to large scale religious work, as well as landscapes (particularly skyscapes) and still lives. What links all of my work is a sincere attempt to engage with the Divine through the creative process: Rather than feeling the existential angst of being alone in a meaningless universe I have always believed our lives and our world to be inherently full of meaning and that a central task of all human beings is to try to engage with this as fully as possible. My work represents a sustained attempt to do this, for me, the act of painting and this attempt are inextricably linked. I consider myself a painter in the ‘painterly’ tradition and use underpainting and glazing techniques to produce a final, often sketchy image which a viewer must ‘complete’, mixing the different layers in their own eyes as they look at the image while also bringing their own references and sensibilities to the process. I exhibit regularly in church and spiritual spaces including exhibitions at Manchester cathedral in 2025 and 2026.