Bonfires | Flames | Smoke
A complex subject! Fire often signifies the spiritual and the flame of creativity for Richard, but conversely it represents destruction (War) and pollution (Industry) as well as joy and celebration with fireworks and candles, and even these can be fraught with a sense of danger.
The fires or plumes of smoke are often clearly visible in the paintings, but others are just specks of light or black smudges in the distance. You sometimes have to work quite hard to find them, but when you do, you realise that they are not just incidental.
The Flooded Valley (1961)
oil on canvas - 51h x 61w (cm)
HMS Vanguard, 4th August 1960, Portsmouth (1961)
pen, brush, ink & pastel - 17.8h x 33.5w (cm)
A Refinery Scene (The Seven Sisters) (1960)
oil on board - 50h x 120w (cm)
Whitby, Study for a Mural in the Teaching Hospital, Sheffield (1960)
oil on board - 69h x 101w (cm)
Watermeadow (1960)
oil on board - 20.5h x 25.5w (cm)
The Lighthouse (1959)
oil on board - 39.5h x 50w (cm)
Cornwall (1958)
oil on board - 33h x 42w (cm)
Passing Train (1958)
oil on canvas - 41h x 51w (cm)
Yorkshire Cornfield (1957)
- 40.6h x 50.8w (cm)
Men of Straw (1957)
oil on panel - 50.8h x 101.6w (cm)
Southampton (1957)
oil on canvas - 41h x 51w (cm)
York Festival Triptych (1956)
oil on canvas - 130.8h x 196.2w (cm)
The Lighthouse (c1955)
oil on canvas - 40.7h x 50.8w (cm)
Queen of the Sea, 1911 (1954)
oil on canvas - 122h x 182.8w (cm)
Solent Fort (1954)
oil on canvas - 35.5h x 61w (cm)
The Mariner's Return (1953)
oil on canvas - 63.5h x 76w (cm)
Ships of All Nations Assembling off Spithead, 14 June 1953 for Coronation Review by the Queen, 15 June 1953 (1953)
oil on board - 21.5h x 120.8w (cm)
The Pleasures of Travel, 1951 (1952)
oil on canvas - 50.8h x 63.5w (cm)
The Mummers (1952)
oil on board - 88h x 92w (cm)
The Return (c1952)
- 30.5h x 50.8w (cm)