Colin Ruffell

Artist Biography

Colin Ruffell has been making paintings and prints for fifty years.

In hindsight, he can see how and why his body of work has developed, because many interesting things have inspired it: Pure chance; travel; his kids and a cat; technical developments; and peer group and collectors' feedback. His manifesto is that he is just going to carry on in the same way, looking for new things.

Colin thrives on variety, from abstract to naïve, from big to small, from thick impasto to thin washes, from a glass of Guinness to The Empire State Building, from nostalgia to fantasy. He has painted using knives, brushes, rollers, fingers and sponges. He has made his own prints using silkscreen, litho, computers and photography. He delights in, and wonders about the latest technology that enables artists like him to produce the best quality and most versatile prints ever.

"We live in exciting times. Artists and art lovers are now able to explore the world, delve into history, communicate at the speed of light, and plunder at will a vast cornucopia of knowledge. Painting in a studio can be a solitary occupation. The aim for an artist is to communicate his or her vision to like- minded souls. Receiving reactions and comments from collectors is very important.”

Colin Ruffell Art, Prints and Posters Collection