[4][5] He is the father of Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band member Roger Ruskin Spear.
[9] Initially influenced by Walter Sickert, the Camden Town Group, and the portraiture of the Euston Road School, his work often has a narrative quality, with elements of humour and satire.
He rendered the citizens of Hammersmith relaxing in and around the local pubs, theatres and shops.
Spear's paintings are held in important public collections in the United Kingdom, including the Tate Gallery Collection, Arts Council England, National Portrait Gallery, the Imperial War Museum,[11] Government Art Collection and the Royal Academy of Arts,[13] and worldwide.
Roger Ruskin Spear would find fame in the 1960s, as a member of the Satirical group The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.