Colour
Richard tended to keep to a palette of “earth” colours: umbers, ochres, siennas etc except with the sea where greys and blues predominate. He experimented with greens but found them difficult to handle. But at periods throughout his life he was beguiled by fierce reds and violets. He loved flowers of the brighter sort: dahlias, sunflowers, nasturtiums and dark red roses but on occasions these colours could take over in landscapes and seascapes as well. The 60s has the highest representation of these wild colours and freedom of paint, when he was obviously feeling the urge to move on from his tighter narrative compositions.
Sunset (1966)
oil on canvas laid on board - 31.5h x 51.5w (cm)
Seascape with Rainbow (1966)
oil on board - 67h x 92w (cm)
The Pond (1966)
oil on canvas - 76h x 101w (cm)
Yorkshire Landscape (1965)
oil on board - 30.5h x 41w (cm)
From a Train (1965)
oil on panel - 10h x 34.5w (cm)
Landscape with Cows (1965)
oil on board - 32h x 40w (cm)
Northern Town (1965)
oil on board - 25.5h x 33.3w (cm)
Quarry Remembered (1964)
oil on canvas - 41.3h x 51.3w (cm)
Evening, Farne (1964)
oil on board - 25h x 36w (cm)
Haworth, Yorkshire (1964)
oil on board - 27.94h x 35.56w (cm)
The Messenger (1962)
oil on board - 94.5h x 125w (cm)
Old Yorkshire Quarry, Wharfedale (1961)
oil on canvas - 40.5h x 51w (cm)
Study of Spring from Train (1960)
oil on board - 27.9h x 33.7w (cm)
Sunset Study (1960)
oil on canvas - 26h x 31w (cm)
The Garden (1959)
oil on canvas - 78.7h x 110.1w (cm)
The White Horse, Kilburn, Yorkshire: after Rain (1950)
oil on canvas - 40.6h x 50.8w (cm)
Fortresses over Southampton Water (1944)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 101.9w (cm)
Night Raid on Portsmouth Docks, 1941 (1942)
oil on canvas - 78.7h x 127w (cm)
Tugboat (1921)
oil on canvas