BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Harris reveals family talents

Australian entertainer Rolf Harris, his wife and their daughter are holding their first ever UK exhibition of paintings, jewellery, sculptures and etchings.

The work can be seen at the Halcyon Gallery in Birmingham's International Convention Centre and emphasises Rolf, Alwen and Bindi Harris's fine art background.

Harris is best known for TV shows like Animal Hospital and Rolf's Cartoon Club, as well as novelty records such as Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport.

But the 70-year-old is a formally trained artist, having studied at the City and Guilds Art School in Kennington, south London, in the 1950s.

Alwen, Rolf and Bindi Harris
It is the first time the family has exhibited in the UK

He has exhibited alone at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and is an honorary member of the Royal Society of British Artists.

Ahead of the show, Harris said: "Much of our work has never been exhibited in the UK before. I hope everyone who visits the exhibition is touched in some way by the whole family's art."

Alwen Harris met her husband at the City and Guilds Art School before going on to study sculpture at the Royal College of Art, specialising in life-size animal casts.

She has spent the last six years learning jewellery-making.

Their daughter Bindi studied at Amersham School of Art, Buckinghamshire and took a degree in fine art at Bristol Polytechnic.

Her work is inspired by the natural world and has been displayed in London's Mall Gallery as part of the Royal Society of British Artists annual show.

The exhibition runs from 9 December to 24 December.


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