Rodney Charman first started painting at the age of 21. A self-taught artist working primarily in oils. The son of a Naval Officer and a passionate sailor, he specialized in maritime scenes, distinguished by their meticulously researched detail and atmospheric effects, he began painting full time in 1979.

A frequent exhibitor at the Royal Society of Marine Artists annual exhibition in London for many years, he also had many of his paintings published as Fine Art Prints, one of them becoming the third highest selling print in the country.

Rodney has traveled extensively to research his paintings, including Hong Kong , China , Nova Scotia , Canada and is a frequent visitor to the United States.

There is a permanent display of his work at Nantucket , Massachusetts and a book of his paintings detailing the marine history of the famous island was published in 1989.

He illustrated the book “The Famine Ships” published in 1996 and the paintings formed a major exhibition of the artist's work at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York in 1998.

With tall ship sailing experience aboard the topsail schooner “Malcolm Miller” and racing regularly in “X” boats at Lymington, Hampshire, Rodney has plenty of opportunity to experience the elements that he portrays so evocatively.

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