Birds Eye View
When still in his teens, Richard created the sweep of Chesil Beach as viewed from an elevated position and in the mid 30s he painted Whitby from high above the sea. This useful tipping up of the earth’s surface served him well in the War (e.g. Air Fight over Portland) when he developed his uncanny ability to visualise a scene from an altered perspective. It serves to distribute detail more evenly and ‘democratises' the subject matter so it has equal weight, unlike the more usual perspective at ground level where near and far objects are very different sizes.
Clutter of Cars (1981)
oil on board - 24h x 30w (cm)
Wrose Hill, Bradford (1981)
oil on board - 30h x 45w (cm)
Breakthrough, Chesil Beach (1981)
oil on ? - 33h x 60.7w (cm)
Break Through, Chesil Beach (1980)
oil on board - 51.2h x 86.2w (cm)
Passing Storm, Wharfedale (1980)
oil on board - 40.7h x 91.5w (cm)
Seascape (1980)
pencil on paper - 28h x 38w (cm)
Breakthrough, Chesil Beach Portland (1979)
oil on board - 26.5h x 33w (cm)
Yorkshire Landscape (1979)
oil on board - 10h x 18w (cm)
Low Tide, Beaulieu River (1979)
oil on board - 36h x 56w (cm)
Docks (1975)
oil on board - 35.5h x 60.8w (cm)
Seascape with Fort (1975)
watercolour on paper - 28h x 38w (cm)
Slate Quarries, North Wales (1975)
oil on board - 25.5h x 31w (cm)
Stormy Seascape (1975)
pencil and wash on paper on board - 28h x 48.5w (cm)
Hawksworth Moor (1975)
oil on board - 40.5h x 91.5w (cm)
The Coast Road (1975)
oil on board - 25.5h x 30.5w (cm)
Solent Angler (1975)
oil on canvas - 59h x 60w (cm)
Mouth of the Beaulieu River (1975)
pencil and wash on paper on board - 30h x 40w (cm)
P.Z.576 (1974)
oil on board - 63h x 75.5w (cm)
The Rescue (1974)
oil on board - 75h x 60.5w (cm)
Plymouth (1974)
oil on board - 34h x 59.5w (cm)