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.
Hanging Stone (c1952)
oil on canvas - 64.5h x 77w (cm)
Sea-Piece and Lighthouse (1951)
oil on panel - 7h x 19w (cm)
Seascape with a Train (1950)
oil on canvas - 73.5h x 97.5w (cm)
Gordale Scar (c1950)
oil on canvas - 126h x 75w (cm)
The Guy (1948)
oil on canvas - 61h x 51w (cm)
Remembrance of Things Past (1947)
oil on canvas - 50.5h x 74.5w (cm)
King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, by Candlelight (1947)
oil on panel - 119h x 89.5w (cm)
In Debt to Caroline (c1946)
oil on canvas - 61h x 51w (cm)
Shipwreck (c1945)
- 22.9h x 30.5w (cm)
Preparations for D-Day (1944)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 127w (cm)
D-Day, Reconstruction - Beach Landing (1944)
oil on panel - 102h x 228.5w (cm)
D-Day, Reconstruction - Bombed Cathedral (1944)
oil on panel - 102h x 77w (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)
Light Coastal Forces Blow Up An Enemy Merchantman (1943)
oil on canvas - 76h x 101.3w (cm)
The Landing at Dieppe, 19th August 1942 (March 1942)
oil on panel - 121.9h x 175.3w (cm)
A Destroyer Rescuing Survivors (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 101.9w (cm)
Night Raid on Portsmouth Docks, 1941 (1942)
oil on canvas - 78.7h x 127w (cm)