Reuben Colley


Reuben Colley is a British representational painter primarily recognised for his "gritty" city-scapes and parkland scenes depicting his home town of Birmingham, England. His work is included in several private collections and in the collection of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

Life

Colley studied at Bournville Art College, Birmingham, and in 1995, he enrolled at The University of Wolverhampton, where he gained a BA Honours in Fine Art, specialising in painting.
Through his work he has supported charitable causes including Freedom from Torture and Birmingham Children's Hospital.
After founding a commercial gallery in the Moseley district of Birmingham in 2010, the gallery relocated to Birmingham's city centre on Colmore Row in 2015.
Colley has said: "I don't paint a particular subject, I try to depict an atmosphere". He's explained his process, saying:

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