Original Landscape, Equine & Wildlife Paintings

Roger Bain, Artist

395 Redding Road #59  –  Lexington KY 40517

Click here to contact Roger Bain by email

Roger is a landscape, wildlife, and equine artist who resides in Lexington, Kentucky.  He is a native Lexingtonian, graduated from the University of Kentucky, and attended the University of Louisville, School of Law.  After retiring from the Federal Medicare Part B Program, having held various management positions and earning a Certified Fraud Examiner designation, he worked for a year as a consultant for the University of Kentucky, School of Medicine billing organization.  Since then, the majority of his time has been spent pursuing his painting interests, playing golf, attending horse shows and Thoroughbred races.

Acrylic and other water based media is Roger’s medium of choice, which is used in a realistic style, although some pieces are done with looser brush work and color technique approaching a more impressionistic result.  He studied watercolor painting under William Zappone and Pat O’Nan, and acrylic painting under Jerry Yamell.  More recently a painting class session conducted by James L. Crow of the American Academy of Equine Artists was completed.

Besides participating in art exhibits such as Art and Wildlife in Kentucky, The Audubon Society, The Ward Foundation-American Museum of Wildlife Art, Federal and State Duck Stamp contests and expositions, Roger has more recently had a solo exhibit at the Central Gallery, Lexington, and has shown work at the following exhibits: The Horse, Lexington, The Scoff County Regional Art Exhibit, Georgetown, The V.S.A. of Kentucky, Louisville, and at the Lexington Art League.

The artist is of Scottish descent on both sides of his family and is a member of Clan MacBain and the Scottish Society of Louisville.  He has traveled to Scotland to play golf, and to photograph and sketch various subjects.  Roger is currently represented by the Vennel Gallery in Kelso, Scotland where original paintings and prints of local landmarks are for sale.  Prints of the Roxburghe Hotel are for sale at the Roxburghe Golf Course club house.

Roger regularly attends thoroughbred races as well as local horse shows and events held at the Kentucky Horse Park.  He also has worked as an extra in scenes filmed at Keeneland Race Course, Lexington in the recently released movies Seabiscuit, and Dreamer, and at Churchill Downs, Louisville in Keep Your Distance.

Besides enjoying membership in the Lexington Art League, The Scoff County Art Guild, and The Equine Art Guild, he is a supporting member of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen.  In addition to the Vennel Gallery in Scotland, Roger is represented by The Collectors Gallery, Lexington KY; The Irish Sea Celtic Shop, Inc., Frankfort KY; and The Equine Art Guild, Canada.  His paintings have won many awards and collectors in many states and Scotland own his work.