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.
The Flooded Valley (1961)
oil on canvas - 51h x 61w (cm)
Thunderstorm over London (1960)
oil on canvas - 40.5h x 101.5w (cm)
Whitby, Study for a Mural in the Teaching Hospital, Sheffield (1960)
oil on board - 69h x 101w (cm)
From Bolton Abbey to Barden Tower (1960)
oil on canvas - 81h x 117w (cm)
Chatsworth, Study for a Mural in the Teaching Hospital, Sheffield (1960)
oil on board - 67.3h x 100.3w (cm)
Early Morning, Lytham Sands (1960)
oil on board - 51h x 81w (cm)
Shipwreck (1959)
oil on canvas - 40.2h x 51w (cm)
Cornwall (1958)
oil on board - 33h x 42w (cm)
Passing Train (1958)
oil on canvas - 41h x 51w (cm)
Northern Landscape (1957)
oil on canvas - 102h x 128w (cm)
Landscape (1957)
oil on canvas - 40h x 50w (cm)
York Festival Triptych (1956)
oil on canvas - 130.8h x 196.2w (cm)
Flood Water (May 1954)
oil on canvas - 89h x 130w (cm)
Queen of the Sea, 1911 (1954)
oil on canvas - 122h x 182.8w (cm)
The Mariner's Return (1953)
oil on canvas - 63.5h x 76w (cm)
Trawler Ashore (1950)
oil on canvas - 70h x 90w (cm)
The Ferryboat 'Charon' (1950)
oil on canvas - 74h x 98w (cm)
Seascape with a Train (1950)
oil on canvas - 73.5h x 97.5w (cm)
Corfe Castle (1949)
pencil on paper - 20h x 28w (cm)
The Return (1948)
oil on canvas - 51h x 61w (cm)