Sunderland is a painter and drawer living and working in Plymouth, England. His work is constantly referencing the changes in time, light and shadow, and were man-made or natural co-exist in the environment. Originally from Leeds, he studied drawing, painting and sculpture at Bradford, his work has always had a connection to growing up in the Yorkshire Dales, and later studying at Exeter on Dartmoor. As an artist / teacher based in the S.W., he has always felt that his drawing and painting, are part of his way of processing, his intellectual property, unique to how observations and decisions are made, problems are resolved whether using charcoal, brush or his hand, everything has a deliberate action, intentionality and a relationship. He is still exploring and experimenting with media and translating these connections to the world outside. His work is exhibited regularly with the 21 Group of Artists, Plymouth Society of Artists.

There are aspects to my work, that are in a constant state of flux, I am constantly, collecting and sketch-booking, and then, trying to get the studio, the work, and myself talking together. The natural landscape is a living space without boundaries. I painting directly onto a surface, plaster, watercolour, acrylic and oil. Looking and experiencing, the visual and sensory knowledge, organising the outside for the studio help prompt memory and imagination. Suburbia, were the built and natural environment perform and interact, and natural phenomena paint their own image on the environment. The studio becomes a place revisiting and re-working. My palette is relatively simple whether using waterbased paint or oil, a brush stroke, wash or colour field, the layering changes according to the time of day or a play of light, that fleeting memory and moment of magic.

Photograph by Eliot Siegel 
http://www.eliotsiegelportraits.com

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Exhibitiona 2025
Artmill Gallery Plymouth  - October 21 Group of Artists
Mirror Gallery -Arts University Plymouth - August Plymouth Society of Artists
Sou Sou West Gallery - Sydmondsbury  Dorset. 24th.May - 14th.June 21 Group of Artists
Artmill Gallery - Plymouth 10th Jan. - 15th Feb. - Plymouth Society of Artists
Exhibitions 2024
Artmill Gallery Plymouth Christmas  Exhibition November 9th January 3rd.
​Artisan Gallery Torquay November 10th.- December 24th. English Riveria Winter Open
​Penwith Gallery - St.Ives- 14th October - 15th.November - Plymouth Society of Artists.
Artmill Gallery - Plymouth 26trh July - 24th. August Richard and Friends
Artmill Gallery - Plymouth 17th May - 15th June - Plymouth Society of Artists
Old Mortuary - Plymouth 4th. April - 17th.April - Rhizome Artist's Collective .
Artmill Gallery - Plymouth 22nd. March - 20th.April with the 21 Group of Artists
Exhibitions 2022- 2023
Artmill Gallery - Plymouth 18th Feb - 19th March with the 21 Group of Artists
Theatre Royal Plymouth - 14th April - August 6th with the Plymouth Society of Artists
Artmill Gallery - Plymouth - Solo Show, "Looking for "Whin" & "Furze"." 27th May - 23rd July
Artizan Gallery -Torquay - 13th Aug - 4th Sept with the 21 Group of Artists
Artmill Gallery - Plymouth -  7th Oct - 5th.Nov with the Plymouth Society of Artists
Theatre Royal - Plymouth - Dec15  to Apr .1st. with the 21 Group of Artists 
Exhibition 2021
21 Group of Artists - Limekiln Gallery, March
21 Group of Artists - Penwith Gallery Penwith, September
21 Group of Artists - Artizan Gallery Torbay, September DOS.
21 Group of Artists - Birdwood House Totnes, November
Exhibitions 2020
Plymouth Society of Artists - Artmill Gallery Plymouth - July to September
21 Group of Artists - Birdwood House October / November

Exhibitions 2019
On My Own - Theatre Royal Plymouth -  Private View February 8th. February 8th.to March 31st.
21 Group of Artists - Artmill Gallery Plymouth 29th March - 27th April.
Plymouth Society of Artists - Theatre Royal Plymouth 1st.July - 14th September.
Signpost 8 - Looking Forward - Cube 3 Gallery Plymouth University Portland Square Building 8th - 28th July. Co-Curator
Drawn to the Valley Open Studio - Artmill 27th-29th.August.
Rhizome CE 2019 - Cube 3 Gallery Plymouth University Portland Square Building 28th. October - 30th. November
21 Group of Artists - Birdwood House 23rd - 30th. November.

Conferences/ Workshops
​Devon Art Teachers Conference Torre Abbey 2019

Exhibitions 2018
21 Group of Artists - Theatre Royal Plymouth April
Signpost 7  Cube 3 Gallery Plymouth University Portland Square Building 8th - 28th July. Co-Curator
Two Richards - Take Two at the Artmill Gallery Plymouth September.
21 Group of Artists - Birdwood House, Totnes November
Rhizome CE 2018 Cube 3 Gallery Plymouth University, Portland Square Building November