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.
Freedom of the City of Westminster Given to Winston Churchill (1946)
oil on canvas - 85h x 112w (cm)
Winter Seascape (1946)
oil on canvas - 61h x 86.4w (cm)
Portland dockyard 19th May 1945 U-Boats 249, 1023 and 776 (1945)
pencil on paper - 29.4h x 40.4w (cm)
Preparations for D-Day (1944)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 127w (cm)
The Wreck of the Herzogin Cecilie (1944)
oil on canvas - 74h x 100w (cm)
Fortresses over Southampton Water (1944)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 101.9w (cm)
Mulberry Harbour, Selsey Bill (1944)
pencil on paper - 49h x 35.5w (cm)
Midget Submarine Attack on the 'Tirpitz', 22 September 1943 (1944)
oil on mahogany panel - 40.6h x 106.7w (cm)
Bombardment of the coast near Trapani (1943)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 127w (cm)
The Great Convoy to North Africa, November 1942 (1943)
oil on canvas - 76h x 127w (cm)
The Great Convoy to North Africa (1943)
oil on panel - 36.8h x 127w (cm)
The Landing at Dieppe, 19th August 1942 (March 1942)
oil on panel - 121.9h x 175.3w (cm)
Night Raid on Portsmouth Docks, 1941 (1942)
oil on canvas - 78.7h x 127w (cm)
Warship (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.6h x 35.6w (cm)
HMS 'Revenge' Leaving Harbour (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 127w (cm)
Portsmouth (1942)
pencil on paper - 21h x 35.5w (cm)
The Docks (1942)
pencil on paper - 21.6h x 35.6w (cm)
A Ship's Boat at Sea (1941)
oil on canvas - 35.6h x 62.2w (cm)
Raid on Vaagso, Norway, 26 - 27 December 1941 (1941)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 127w (cm)
Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940 (1941)
oil on canvas - 101.8h x 152.5w (cm)