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Member Gallery : Roland Ebdon

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Christmas Candle
170x208mm
​Watercolour
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​Roland ... 

I was in Royal Signals for 34 years and saw a great deal of travel and a little trouble. On leaving the Army I joined Kodak for eight years.

​After retiring (again) I researched, wrote and had published a book called “The Perambulation - Dartmoor’s Greatest Long Distance Walk” the creation of which over some nine years kept me busy.

As Covid struck, I had decided to take up painting once again, having not lifted a brush since leaving Hele’s School Exeter in 1965. My chosen medium is watercolour.

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Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk
410x280mm
Watercolour

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River Alde
426x300mm
Watercolour


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Cavedale Derbyshire
417x300mm
Watercolour
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Edensor, Chatsworth Estate
418x297mm
Watercolour
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Farm near St John's in the Vale, Cumbria
430x2979mm
Watercolour
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Suffolk Cottage
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416x296mm
​Watercolour

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Stonethwaite Farm, Borrowwdale
413x296mm
Watercolour

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Hartsopp, Cumbria
377x288mm
Watercolour

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Matterhorn
325x223mm
Watercolour
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Pebbles
312x217mm
Watercolour

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Recipe
403x279mm
Watercolour

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​Winter's Walk
300x209mm
Watercolour

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Peregrine
330x245mm
Watercolour

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New England Barn
340x240mm
Watercolour

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Old Hardwick Hall
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340x240mm
Watercolour

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Redhouse, Vermont
340x240mm
Watercolour
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Great Gable, Lake District
340x240mm
Watercolour

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Covered Bridge, New England
380x255mm
Watercolour

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Old Red Sugar House
380x255mm
Watercolour

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Cley Mill, Norfolk
380x255mm
Watercolour

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Froggatt Woods in Winter
340x240mm
Watercolour

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Port Patrick, Scotland
380x257mm
Watercolour

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Derbyshire Lane in Winter
220x324mm
​Watercolour
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Salento, Italy
340x240mm
Watercolour



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  • Latest News
  • OVAS 2026 Programme
  • About/Join Us!
    • The Tuesday Group
  • Exhibition: 2025
  • Members' Galleries
    • Andrew Pitts
    • Carol Shaw
    • Celia Risso
    • Chris Poole
    • Cynthea Gregory
    • Fiona Gale
    • Francis Callender
    • Jacqueline Ward
    • Jenny Savage
    • John Atkinson
    • Linda Hampson
    • Margaret Bargmann
    • Margaret Kingdon
    • Maureen Stone
    • Nickie Bitschi
    • Norma Walton
    • Penny Lamb
    • Phil Reed
    • Roland Ebdon
    • Simon Gray
    • Sue Williams
    • Terry Davies
    • Valerie Faulkner
  • Mike Bird
  • Write-ups of past events
    • Alex Boon 2025
    • Alison Whateley 2025
    • Amelia Webster 2024
    • Anna Brewster Workshop 2023
    • Anne Blankson-Hemans 2023
    • David Webb 2025
    • James Tatum Workshop 2019
    • Julie Dunster Critique 2023
    • Julie Dunster 2025
    • Kaili Fu 2025
    • Karen Wones 2023
    • Liese Webley 2024
    • Linda Hampson Workshop 2023
    • Lisa Parkyn Workshop 2025
    • Lisa Takahashi 2023
    • Maria Rose 2023
    • Maria Rose 2024
    • Owen Williams 2023
    • Phil Creek 2020
    • Phil Creek 2024
    • Rebecca de Mendonca 2023
    • Simon Gray 2024
    • Tom Stevenson 2024
    • Tony Homer 2023
  • The Full Archive
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