Strange Pictures
This title encompasses for lack of a better word all the pictures which remain strange, mysterious, puzzling or downright incomprehensible. Some have a Bosch-like surface of apparent fun and games and others are shrouded in a mysterious play of light and shadow. Others arrest the viewer with a spiritual solemnity.
The Shadow (1976)
oil on board - 31h × 42w (cm)
The nude woman with a wrist watch lying on the beach is straight from Richard's life-class at Camberwell. There seems to be an ‘answering’ nude body in the cliffs of the island opposite. But strangest of all is the shadow of the standing man appearing on the horizon.
Episode at Lyme Regis (1951)
oil on cardboard - 20h × 25w (cm)
This is an accurate portrayal of Lyme Regis but with a surreal incident taking place. A gust of wind blows the hat off a passer-by while a woman holds up a cloth with the image of Christ’s head on it. A sort of latter-day Saint Veronica?
In the Museum (1937)
oil on panel - 51.5h × 42.5w (cm)
There is something very eerie about the man in his hat unaware of the portentous suit of armour. Seen from behind and apparently in a curtained-off area it seems about to advance into the room.
The Toy Boat (1987)
oil on board - 27.8h × 29.7w (cm)
Beach Study No.3 (1986)
oil on board - 31h × 24w (cm)
Wings (1986)
oil on ? - 54.6h × 80w (cm)
Trying to Close the Brolly (1985)
oil on board - 21h × 14.5w (cm)
Blue Shoes (1985)
oil on board - 11.5h × 19w (cm)
Man on Fire (1985)
oil on board - 32h × 37w (cm)
The Man on the Shore (1984)
oil on ? - 26.7h × 20.3w (cm)
The Burning Bush (1984)
oil on board - 80h × 121.5w (cm)
Outlook Through a Window (1984)
oil on board - 59h × 62.3w (cm)
The Balcony (1983)
oil on board - 62.5h × 75.5w (cm)
Rehearsal (1982)
oil on board - 86.4h × 131w (cm)
The Black Sail (1982)
oil on board - 17h × 32w (cm)
Farewell (1982)
oil on panel - 15h × 22.5w (cm)
Sleeping Pebble (1981)
oil on board - 14.5h × 27.5w (cm)
Yacht Race (1981)
oil on board - 91h × 130w (cm)
A Moment of Sadness (1981)
oil on board - 51h × 76w (cm)
The Maze (1980)
oil on board - 56h × 59.5w (cm)
Figures on a Beach (1979)
oil on board - 56h × 81.5w (cm)
Commercial Landscape (1978)
pen on paper - 32h × 70w (cm)
The Burning Tree, Studley Royal (1977)
oil on board - 30.5h × 45.7w (cm)
Sebastian (1977)
oil on canvas board - 20.2h × 51.5w (cm)
Bottle on a Beach (1976)
oil on board - 51.5h × 76w (cm)
Scottish Light House (1976)
oil on board - 9.5h × 22w (cm)
Stony Beach (1976)
oil on board - 80h × 109w (cm)
Figures on a Beach - The Rainbow (1975)
pencil on paper laid to board - 20h × 28w (cm)
Mischief Night (1975)
oil on canvas - 78.8h × 122w (cm)
Beach, Figures and Boats (1975)
oil on board - 30.5h × 30.5w (cm)
Pierrot and Fisherman (1975)
oil on board - 26.7h × 31.8w (cm)
The Seaweed Cart (1974)
oil on board - 31.5h × 54.5w (cm)
Figure and Planes (1974)
oil on board - 37h × 49.5w (cm)
Northumbrian Sword Dance (1973)
oil on board - 30.5h × 61w (cm)
Promenade at Night (1972)
oil on board - 39h × 59.5w (cm)
Watchers on a Beach (1971)
oil on board - 76.2h × 101.6w (cm)
Fragment (1971)
oil on board - 15.2h × 61w (cm)
Figures on a Beach (1971)
oil on panel - 45h × 66.5w (cm)
Mother and Son (c1971)
oil on canvas - 25.5h × 29.2w (cm)
Botschaft (Valentine) (1970)
oil on board - 38h × 44.5w (cm)
The Gathering of the Waters (1970)
oil on board - 45h × 50.1w (cm)
Study of Figures on Beach (1970)
oil on board - 21.5h × 61w (cm)
Nudes on Beach (1969)
oil on board - 24h × 57w (cm)
Beach with Bathers (1969)
oil on board - 40.7h × 122w (cm)
The Mandala (1969)
oil on board - 81h × 91.5w (cm)
Robing Bathers on a Rainy Beach (1969)
oil on canvas - 51h × 75w (cm)
Lovers on Beach (1969)
oil on canvas - 30h × 40w (cm)
Hole in the Wall (1968)
oil on board - 27.9h × 61w (cm)
The Great Tanker (1968)
oil on canvas - 76.5h × 102w (cm)
Walking on the Waters (1967)
oil on panel - 18h × 22.7w (cm)
Rough Sea with Solitary Figure (1967)
oil on board - 40.6h × 60.9w (cm)
Good Friday (1966)
- 35.6h × 47w (cm)
Junk - Sketch-0342 (1960s)
felt tip on paper - 18h × 23w (cm)
Sketch_17-001 a pile of stuff, still life (1960s)
pencil on paper - 6.5h × 6.5w (cm)
Fragment (c1963)
pencil on driftwood panel - 29.2h × 45w (cm)
The Messenger (1962)
oil on board - 94.5h × 125w (cm)
Near Seaview, Isle of Wight (1962)
oil on board - 22h × 61w (cm)
Early Morning, Lytham Sands (1960)
oil on board - 51h × 81w (cm)
The Guy (1958)
oil on canvas - 127h × 101.6w (cm)
Men of Straw (1957)
oil on panel - 50.8h × 101.6w (cm)
Ancient Forest, the Vision of St Eustace (c1954)
oil on canvas - 51h × 61w (cm)
The Mummers (1952)
oil on board - 88h × 92w (cm)
Sails and Crucifix (1951)
oil on ? - 15.24h × 21w (cm)
A Judgement (1951)
oil on canvas - 102h × 78w (cm)
The Mummers (1951)
oil on board - 21h × 15.9w (cm)
A Nativity (1949)
- 76.2h × 101.6w (cm)
Marine Harvest (1949)
oil on canvas - 55.9h × 60.9w (cm)
A. Vincent, Son and Grandsons (1949)
- 50.8h × 76.2w (cm)
Strange Nativity (1948)
- 40.6h × 50.8w (cm)
La Fête des Saintes Maries de la Mer (1948)
oil on canvas - 63.5h × 101w (cm)
The Guy (1948)
oil on canvas - 61h × 51w (cm)
The Battle of the Boggarts (1948)
oil on canvas - 64h × 76w (cm)
Remembrance of Things Past (1947)
oil on canvas - 50.5h × 74.5w (cm)
Fragment (Drowning Man) (1947)
oil on panel - 30.5h × 41w (cm)
In Debt to Caroline (c1946)
oil on canvas - 61h × 51w (cm)
The Hammock - with acknowledgements to Wadsworth (c1943)
oil on gesso on (plywood) panel - 25h × 35w (cm)
The Sailing Ship (1930)
oil on panel - 31.5h × 47w (cm)
Sailors and Other Figures Carousing by a Quay (1925)
oil on canvas - 91.5h × 122w (cm)