One of our favourite customers and local artist Rita Greer has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Today programme to discuss her paintings of the famous British inventor Robert Hooke. Rita has an incredibly detailed style of painting which involves very large amounts of time in research to ensure complete accuracy in her work. Rita will soon be exhibiting her work at the Flora Twort Gallery in Petersfield during May to June 2012. The painting needed to be framed in something that would fit in with the Institue of Physics building in London where the oil painting will hang. So a reasonably square oak profile was selected with a very narrow gold slip to pick up on some of the more ornate aspects of the portrait.

Rita Greer is standing just to the left of the painting. In Rita's own words, "The man behind me is Sir Arnold Wolfendale a Past Astronomer Royal. Right of the painting is my husband Robert right again is Dr Allan Chapman & right of him is Professor Michael Cooper. We are at The Institute of Physics in Portland Place, London. The Painting now hangs in the Hooke Room."

To see a close up of the painting and listen to the interview click here.

Written by Andy Parks