Robin Anderson

Coming from a background in newspaper and radio journalism, Artist Robin Anderson made a name for himself as an on-screen news and current affairs reporter before joining the BBC as a documentary maker. Robin has since started his own independent TV company, spending much of his time making documentaries and drama-documentaries, about often grim material, so creating art provides a welcome escape.

Robin explains: 'When I look at it, I find I haven't escaped far at all; I'm still - with pictures featuring people - manipulating photographic imagery to tell stories and capture moods; with other pictures I'm using abstract detail to suggest mystery, or darkness, or strangeness. The same stuff that can make TV worth watching'.