Rolf Harris comes to Blue Dot Fine Art at St David’s, Cardiff

9th June 2010

Rolf Harris is set to make a personal appearance at the new Blue Dot Fine Art gallery at St David’s in Cardiff. The new Blue Dot gallery opened on Saturday 29th May and has scored a major coup with a personal appearance by the UK’s favourite artist on Saturday 12th June.

St David’s is delighted to welcome Blue Dot to the centre, who was recently awarded Art Retailer of the Year 2010 .The event will celebrate the official opening of the gallery, an exciting new addition to the artistic life of the area.  It offers a new experience in contemporary fine art.

At the invitation only event, Rolf will be unveiling many of his stunning original paintings, and these will be exhibited alongside a complete range of his available limited editions.

Rolf’s pole position in the artistic establishment was confirmed when he was invited to paint the official 80th birthday portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II in front of the BBC cameras.  At the moment, he is painting some of the finest work of his long and illustrious career.

Rolf, whose grandfather George Frederick Harris was a portrait painter from Merthyr Tydfil, is acknowledged as a genuine modern master and the country’s best–loved artist. He has been awarded the CBE and has won many accolades both for his artwork and for his contribution to the entertainment industry. His versatile talents have won him immense popularity on gallery walls and Glastonbury stages.  Always a huge favourite on television,  his famous BBC1 TV series ‘Rolf on Art’ gained the highest ever viewing figures for a programme on the visual arts, topping all previous programmes by over six million viewers.

 In 1992 Rolf was named the world's most famous artist in a massive poll conducted by the London artMart. Last year his enduring popularity was underlined by a survey called ‘What the British really think about art today’ published in the Daily Telegraph in which he featured ahead of Damian Hirst. 

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