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.
Newlyn (1938)
oil on canvas - 61h x 91.5w (cm)
Boats at Lyme Regis (1937)
oil on canvas - 50.6h x 60.9w (cm)
R.M.S. Queen Mary, First Arrival at Southampton (1936)
oil on canvas - 50.8h x 101.6w (cm)
The White Ship, Weymouth (1935)
oil on canvas - 87h x 131w (cm)
Minesweeper off Portland (1935)
oil on board or panel - 30.5h x 45.7w (cm)
Portland Roads (1935)
oil on canvas - 63.5h x 76.6w (cm)
Fog Bank, Whitby (1934)
oil on canvas - 50.8h x 76.2w (cm)
West Country Harbour (1932)
oil on board - 40.6h x 61w (cm)
Round the Point (1931)
oil on canvas - 50.8h x 60.7w (cm)
A Yacht Being Towed into Harbour (1931)
oil on canvas - 50h x 65.5w (cm)
An Old Man with his Pipe (1928)
pencil on paper - 21.5h x 15.5w (cm)
Old Barge on the Thames (c1925)
oil on board - 22.8h x 33w (cm)
Tugboat (1921)
oil on canvas
Sinking Ship in Flames (1915)
watercolour on paper
Battleship and Submarine (1915)
watercolour on paper - 9h x 12.5w (cm)
Ship on Fire (1914)
watercolour on paper