Rye Harbour, 1958 by Roland Collins

Having trained at St Martin's School of Art and worked in advertising and as a designer and photographer, Collins first exhibited at the RA in 1937. Working in the realistic tradition of English Watercolourists, his work is both a historical record as well as an aesthetic statement. Overdue recognition of his rare talent came finally in 2012 after a major exhibition at Mascalls Gallery, Kent.