RSA Open Exhibition 2026. Icelandic Saga oil on canvas 100x120cm is at the Royal Scottish Academy from 9 May-14 June. I am pleased to have 2 artworks in the 200th annual exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy.

Iceland Saga follows my journey on a tour of Iceland. Over lava fields, behind waterfalls, dancing on ice, descending lava tubes and disappearing into steam vents. This painting is a testimony to the geographical transformation of a place.

Icelandic saga can also be viewed in the RSA online exhibition here.

RSA Open Exhibition 2026. Breaking Ground animation will be screened for the first time at the Royal Scottish Academy open exhibition. I am pleased to have two artworks included in this 200th annual exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy this year.

In this stop motion animated charcoal drawing, a figure is breaking through rocks. Pushing obstacles aside, the unstable ground cracking underfoot, falling through the patterns of rock inscribed by time. Entombed, and then the spirit rises again and begins the journey of the soul. My daughter, Amy Lee Jefferis, helped to compose the soundtrack with me.

The exhibition runs from 9 May-14 June and can be viewed online at the RSA here.

Tony Viney Open exhibition has selected ‘View from a Bird Hide’, oil on hardback. The work will be on exhibition at Sandy Hill Arts  25/4/26 to 7/5/26.

‘View from a Bird Hide’ is based on a sketch of my son in the hide at Stoborough Heath watching Canadian Geese before they migrate. He left the nest for University last year.

It is painted on ‘The Art of Bird Photography’ by Hosking and Newberry.  It is one of the many bird books that my Father-in-law had in his collection.

I was awarded the FLOW headline commission for Dorset Arts weeks. I proposed to create a new map for the River Stour embellished with my observations and stories about the river. My inspiration came from William Hole’s map of Dorsetshire (1612) and Alice Oswald’s poem ‘Dart’ (2002).  The exhibition will take place in the Threshing Barn at Bere Marsh Farm during Dorset Art Weeks 23 May-7 June (venue 38).

I began to gather people’s connections to the River Stour and to create my own response, creating new stories for the river from childhood memories to sheltering wildlife. The Stour has enriched people’s lives for generations. From the source at Stour head flowing through clay and chalk to the sea at Hengistbury head. My intention is to highlight the positive effect that walking and drawing along the river can have on wellbeing. To celebrate the River’s right to flow clear and free into the sea.

Thank you to Bere Marsh Farm, Hall and Woodhouse Brewery, the Countryside Regeneration Trust and Dorset Visual Arts for awarding the Flow headline commission. Thanks to those who have shared their stories – for your support in creating this new river story with me.

Touchpoint exhibition. For the past two years I have been the RWA (Royal West of England Academy) Steward for the AGBI (Artists General Benevolent Institution). The AGBI has been supporting professional visual artists who can’t work due to illness or injury since 1814, and it’s an honour to contribute as a Steward – helping to bridge networks and strengthen this vital charity. My work was shown alongside some fantastic other AGBI Stewards and artists in the inaugural AGBI Stewards exhibition in London, Touchpoint – a show exploring the many ways Stewards connect with artists in need. Touchpoint exhibition 6 November-5 February.

I am delighted that my short animation ‘Under The Table’ was longlisted for the Swedenborg Film Festival . The animation will be screened at Swedenborg House. It is scheduled to screen between 4-5pm on December 8^th.

Emmanuel Swedenborg was an 18^th century polymath who believed he was visited by angels and wrote down what they told him about the hereafter. I also read ‘On the Conjugial Angel’ by A.S Byatt from the Swedenborg archive which includes her thoughts about contacting the spirit world. ‘Under the Table’ combines magic and reality. Unseen forces which tilted the table are revealed to be the work of a childlike demon.  My daughter helped me make the soundtrack for this animated drawing.