Figures on a Beach
Richard loved to juxtapose the formality of the three horizontals of sky, sea and shore with the ever-changing human form and the patterns that they make. He also found humour, pathos or spiritual symbolism in the small narratives that emerged.
"The idea of figures on beaches is undoubtedly one of his favourite themes . . . physical types tend to be monumental and pale - sometimes almost ghostly; a coincidence which reinforces the marginal surrealism that occasionally tinges his vision."
Master of Poetic Narrative, 'The Scotsman', May 1977, author: Edward Cage
So That Is the Island (1987)
oil on board - 62h × 81.4w (cm)
The rather attenuated figures are poised on the beach and the surface of the sea vibrates all round them. Mavis must have come into the studio with a cup of tea and given the picture its memorable name.
Anglers, Lepe (1982)
oil on board - 18h × 25.5w (cm)
A beautiful little picture with the feeling of hazy light coming off the surface. The details are suggested with the merest flick of the brush.
Beach Scene, Isle of Wight (1965)
oil on board - 29.2h × 62.2w (cm)
From the turbulent 60s a turbulent picture! the figures seem to be crawling out of the sea or at least a bit too close for comfort to the thrashing waves. I hope one day to see this in colour. [PB]
Last Look at the Sea (1992)
oil on board - 44h × 59w (cm)
Distant Liner (1991)
oil on board - 26.5h × 53w (cm)
Fishermen, Southampton (1991)
oil on board - 15.2h × 61w (cm)
Low Tide Fun (1991)
oil on board - 61h × 75w (cm)
Fishing Party (1991)
oil on board - 61h × 75w (cm)
The Dog (1990)
oil on board - 18.5h × 27.5w (cm)
Girl with Dogs (1990)
oil on board - 25.5h × 46w (cm)
Scottie and Friends on the Beach (1990)
oil on board - 45.7h × 60.7w (cm)
Steps from the Beach (1990)
oil on board - 29h × 37.5w (cm)
Silhouetted Figures on Beach with Dog (c1990)
oil on board - 7.4h × 15w (cm)
The Tanker (c1990)
oil on board - 18h × 17w (cm)
People at Lepe (c1990)
oil on board - 24h × 29w (cm)
Clouds Off Shore (c1990)
oil on board - 44h × 60w (cm)
Bleak Beach (c1990)
oil on board - 60.5h × 75.5w (cm)
Low Tide, Lepe Beach (1989)
oil on board - 45h × 60w (cm)
Water's Edge (1989)
oil on board - 30.5h × 61w (cm)
Seascape (1989)
oil on panel - 11h × 29.5w (cm)
Girl with Seaweed (1989)
oil on board - 45.7h × 60.9w (cm)
Solitary Pair on Beach (1989)
oil on board - 47.5h × 61w (cm)
The Black Dog (1989)
oil on board - 78h × 74w (cm)
The Canoe (1989)
oil on board - 45.7h × 61w (cm)
Threatening Skies (1989)
oil on board - 45.7h × 61w (cm)
Breakwaters, Lepe (1989)
oil on board - 42h × 75w (cm)
A Family (1989)
oil on card - 14.8h × 20.3w (cm)
Bait Diggers (1989)
oil on board - 29.5h × 60w (cm)
Night Scene (1989)
oil on board - 18.5h × 36w (cm)
Cowes Regatta (1989)
oil on board - 18h × 76w (cm)
Figures, Low Tide (1989)
oil on board - 10.1h × 30.1w (cm)
Brother and Sister (1989)
oil on board - 45.5h × 61w (cm)
The Watcher (1989)
oil on board - 44.5h × 61w (cm)
Beach Scene (1989)
oil on board - 44.5h × 60w (cm)
The Photographer (1989)
oil on board - 43.5h × 60w (cm)
Tide Coming In (1989)
Oil on canvas board
The Island (1989)
oil on board - 45.7h × 61w (cm)
Enjoying the Sun (c1989)
oil on board - 16h × 28w (cm)
Windy Solent (1988)
oil on board - 8.5h × 38w (cm)
Fishers on the Beach (1988)
oil on board - 18.5h × 38w (cm)
Bait Diggers (1988)
oil on board - 12h × 15w (cm)
The Fish Market (1988)
oil on panel - 16h × 25w (cm)
Low Tide Beaulieu River (1988)
oil on board - 53.5h × 74w (cm)
Mini Regatta (1988)
oil on board - 49.5h × 75w (cm)
Activity on the Beach (1988)
oil on board - 39.5h × 90w (cm)
Windbreak (1988)
oil on board - 31.5h × 35.5w (cm)
Two Bathers in a Blue Sea (1988)
oil on board - 46h × 50.5w (cm)
The Balloon (1988)
oil on board - 28h × 40.5w (cm)
The Launching (1988)
- 45.7h × 60.7w (cm)
The Deckchair (1988)
oil on board - 46.5h × 62w (cm)
Bank Holiday (1988)
oil on board - 10h × 38w (cm)
Low Tide (1988)
oil on board - 30.5h × 33.5w (cm)
Activity on the Horizon (c1988)
- 35.6h × 58.4w (cm)
Windsurfer with Board (1987)
pencil on paper - 39h × 55w (cm)
Cowes Week, Isle of Wight (1987)
oil on board - 18h × 59w (cm)
Bait Diggers Returning (1987)
oil on panel - 10.2h × 12.7w (cm)
Figures and Dog on a Beach (1987)
pencil on paper - 39h × 55w (cm)
Two Bathers Having Fun (1987)
oil on board - 18.5h × 29w (cm)
Boy Watching Object (1987)
oil on board - 45.5h × 61w (cm)
The Girl (1987)
oil on board - 30.2h × 20.7w (cm)
Father and Daughter Watching Sailing Boats (1987)
pencil on paper - 39.4h × 56.5w (cm)
Solitary Figure and Bird (1987)
oil on board - 50.5h × 66.5w (cm)
Bait Diggers (1987)
pencil on paper - 38.5h × 55w (cm)
Sunset at Sea (1987)
oil on board - 18.5h × 35.5w (cm)
Boys Resting (1987)
oil on board - 14.5h × 14w (cm)
Bait Digger (1987)
oil on board - 48.3h × 61w (cm)
Lady with a Bucket on a Beach (1987)
pencil on paper - 39h × 55w (cm)
Rain and Rainbow (1987)
oil on board - 30.4h × 40.6w (cm)
Early Morning, Lepe (1987)
oil on board - 41.9h × 61w (cm)
The Toy Boat (1987)
oil on board - 27.8h × 29.7w (cm)
Low Tide, Lepe (1987)
oil on board - 17h × 24w (cm)
Bathers at Low Tide (1987)
- 20.3h × 30.5w (cm)
Figures on the Shore (1987)
oil on board - 13h × 17w (cm)
Two Boats and a Bait Digger (1987)
pencil on paper - 39h × 55w (cm)
Boy with Bait etc (c1987)
- 30.5h × 30.5w (cm)
Figures on Beach (1986)
oil on board - 10.1h × 33w (cm)
Cowes Regatta (1986)
oil on board - 12.7h × 28w (cm)
Nude Couple on Beach (1986)
oil on canvas board - 30.5h × 29.2w (cm)
Beach No.VIII (1986)
oil on board - 26.7h × 30.5w (cm)
The Bait Digger's Family (1986)
oil on board - 17h × 28w (cm)
Windsurfer Evening (1986)
oil on board - 30h × 65w (cm)
Red Heads and Young Man (1986)
oil on board - 42h × 55.8w (cm)
Dark Beach (1986)
oil on board - 8.9h × 35.6w (cm)
The Girl on the Beach (1986)
oil on board - 17.5h × 26w (cm)
Nude on the Beach (1986)
- 10.2h × 9.5w (cm)
Two Girls (1986)
oil on board - 22.2h × 28.6w (cm)
Crowded Beach (1986)
- 6.4h × 31.1w (cm)
Summer Garb (1986)
oil on board - 31h × 46w (cm)
Beach Study No.3 (1986)
oil on board - 31h × 24w (cm)
Further Outlook (1986)
- 14.7h × 33.25w (cm)
Beach No. I (1986)
- 12.1h × 30.5w (cm)
Grimalde (1986)
oil on board - 18h × 27.5w (cm)
Wings (1986)
oil on ? - 54.6h × 80w (cm)
Beach No. VI (1986)
oil on board - 10.2h × 31.1w (cm)
Beach No. V (1986)
oil on board - 9h × 36.5w (cm)
Busy Shore (1986)
oil on board - 40h × 43w (cm)
Mother and Child on Beach (1986)
oil on board - 17.5h × 23w (cm)
Low Tide - Lepe (1986)
oil on board - 17.5h × 54w (cm)
Figures on the Beach (1986)
oil on board - 16h × 35.5w (cm)
Beach Study No. II (1986)
oil on board - 10.8h × 32.4w (cm)
Beach No. III (1986)
oil on board - 28h × 33w (cm)
Beach No. II (1986)
oil on board - 11.4h × 32.4w (cm)
The Bathers (1986)
oil on board - 10h × 33.5w (cm)
Windsurfer (1986)
oil on board - 36.2h × 50.2w (cm)
Low Tide (1985)
oil on board - 38h × 45w (cm)
Hazy Day, Bait Diggers (1985)
oil on board - 48.8h × 75w (cm)
Boy With a Kite (1985)
oil on board - 58h × 78w (cm)
No.24 Seaweed Beach (1985)
oil on board - 48.3h × 68.6w (cm)
The Beach (1985)
- 35.6h × 30.5w (cm)
Bait Diggers and Sunbathers (1985)
oil on board - 22h × 50w (cm)
Study (1985)
oil on board - 20h × 32w (cm)
Red Figures (1985)
oil on board - 26.5h × 29.2w (cm)
Seaweed Beach (1985)
oil on board - 55.88h × 76.2w (cm)
Blue Shoes (1985)
oil on board - 11.5h × 19w (cm)
Marine Sun (1985)
pencil and watercolour on gesso board - 14h × 31w (cm)
Telecom on the Beach (1985)
oil and pencil on board - 45.5h × 66w (cm)
Burning Wreckage on the Beach (1985)
oil on board - 31h × 64w (cm)
The Black Dog (1985)
oil on board - 51.5h × 80.5w (cm)
Gathering Seaweed (1985)
mixed media (pencil and oil) - 30h × 63.5w (cm)
The Sea Wall (1985)
oil on board - 37h × 62w (cm)
Dead Seagull and Windsurfer (1985)
oil on board - 67h × 100w (cm)
Man and Dog on Beach (1985)
oil on board - 23h × 30.1w (cm)
Lepe (c1985)
oil on board - 11.3h × 36w (cm)
Family by the Sea (c1985)
- 11.4h × 26.7w (cm)
Fisherman (19th Jun 1984)
pencil and oil on board - 29.8h × 29.8w (cm)
The Man on the Shore (1984)
oil on ? - 26.7h × 20.3w (cm)
The Shore, Lepe (1984)
pencil and oil on board - 21.6h × 31.8w (cm)
Windsurfing on the Solent (1984)
oil on board - 36h × 61w (cm)
Three Figures (1984)
oil on board - 21.5h × 12w (cm)
Last Glimpse (1984)
oil on board - 41.9h × 61w (cm)
The Three-Master (1984)
mixed media - 25h × 30w (cm)
Children on the Beach (1984)
oil on board - 30.5h × 61w (cm)
Wind Surfers (1984)
pencil and oil on board - 36.8h × 59.7w (cm)
The Bait Digger (1984)
oil and pencil on board - 46.3h × 64w (cm)
Fishermen, Low Tide (1984)
mixed media on board - 57.5h × 59w (cm)
Figures on a Beach, Evening (1984)
oil on ? - 61h × 71.1w (cm)
The Three-Master (1984)
oil on board - 23.5h × 60.9w (cm)
In Memoriam: Nagasaki (c1984)
oil on board - 55.9h × 61w (cm)
Watching Figure (c1984)
- 45.5h × 31.8w (cm)
Coming and Going on the Beach (c1984)
- 22.9h × 63.5w (cm)
Freighter at Sea with Dog Walker on the Beach (1980s)
oil on panel - 7.6h × 10.2w (cm)
The Spit, Solent (20th Jul 1983)
pencil on paper - 31h × 46w (cm)
The Balcony (1983)
oil on board - 62.5h × 75.5w (cm)
Three Sisters (1983)
oil on panel - 8h × 35.5w (cm)
Into the Wind (1983)
oil on canvas - 25h × 35w (cm)
The Surf Board (1983)
oil on board - 59h × 75w (cm)
Girl on Beach (1983)
pencil on paper - 24h × 17w (cm)
Bait Diggers (1983)
oil on paper on board - 25.3h × 38.5w (cm)
Winter Seascape (1983)
oil on board - 29h × 68w (cm)
The Fisher (1983)
pencil on paper - 27.9h × 38.1w (cm)
Two Figures (1983)
pencil on paper - 23h × 26w (cm)
Last Light (1983)
oil on board - 44h × 60w (cm)
The Black Tent (1983)
oil on board - 45.7h × 30.5w (cm)
Encounter on the Shore (c1983)
oil on board - 15h × 26w (cm)
Winter Seascape (1982)
oil on board - 75h × 127w (cm)
In Memoriam. Crispin (1982)
oil on board - 52.2h × 68.9w (cm)
Ragworms (1982)
oil on board - 20h × 26w (cm)
The Tall Ships, Southampton (1982)
oil on board - 74h × 114w (cm)
Summer Evening (1982)
oil on card - 23h × 33w (cm)
Young Man and Woman (1982)
pencil on paper - 53.3h × 55.9w (cm)
Watching Figure (1982)
oil on board - 41h × 61w (cm)
The Black Sail (1982)
oil on board - 17h × 32w (cm)
Figures in a Hurry (1982)
oil on board - 53h × 81w (cm)
Little Girl on the Beach (1982)
oil on board - 14h × 20.2w (cm)
Along the Beach, Lepe (1982)
- 12.7h × 29.2w (cm)
Fishing (1982)
pencil on paper - 8.7h × 13.5w (cm)
Man with a Dog (1982)
oil on board - 19.5h × 24.5w (cm)
Farewell (1982)
oil on panel - 15h × 22.5w (cm)
The Bait Digger (1981)
oil on board - 20h × 21.6w (cm)
Small White Beach with Bait Diggers (1981)
- 9.5h × 24w (cm)
Low Tide (1981)
oil on board - 20h × 25w (cm)
Beach Huts and Bathers (1981)
oil on board - 40h × 91w (cm)
Beach Carnival (1981)
oil on board - 61h × 91.5w (cm)
Bank Holiday (1981)
oil on canvas laid on board - 24.1h × 48.3w (cm)
Watching (1981)
oil on board - 23h × 32w (cm)
Yacht Race (1981)
oil on board - 91h × 130w (cm)
Clutter of Cars (1981)
oil on board - 24h × 30w (cm)
Misty Day (1981)
oil on board - 20h × 29w (cm)
Changing Breeze (1981)
oil on board - 16h × 30w (cm)
A Moment of Sadness (1981)
oil on board - 51h × 76w (cm)
Breakthrough, Chesil Beach (1981)
oil on ? - 33h × 60.7w (cm)
Barbeque and Fireworks (1980)
oil on board - 20.3h × 25.4w (cm)
Girl on the Shore (1980)
oil on board - 41h × 61.5w (cm)
Cowes Week (1980)
oil on board - 28.5h × 44.5w (cm)
Solent Fishing (1980)
oil on board - 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
Sea Traffic (1980)
oil on board - 44.5h × 55.5w (cm)
The White Sail (1980)
oil and pencil on board - 42h × 46w (cm)
Fisher on the Beach (1980)
oil on board - 30h × 61w (cm)
The Girl on the Shore (1980)
- 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
Stony Beach with Fishers (1980)
oil on board - 46h × 91.5w (cm)
Weymouth Bay (1980)
oil; support unknown - 46h × 76w (cm)