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
Before Six (1979)
pencil on paper - 8.7h x 13.5w (cm)
Bait Diggers (1979)
oil on board - 14h x 25.5w (cm)
Two Girls Trying to Catch a Dog (1979)
oil on board - 18.5h x 31.5w (cm)
Sail, Dog, Man (1979)
oil on canvas laid on panel - 12.7h x 40.6w (cm)
The Sunshade (1979)
oil on board - 12.5h x 20w (cm)
Sunshade (1979)
- 50.8h x 80w (cm)
Bike on the Beach (1979)
oil on board - 15h x 22w (cm)
Breakthrough, Chesil Beach Portland (1979)
oil on board - 26.5h x 33w (cm)
Figures on a Beach (1979)
oil on board - 56h x 81.5w (cm)
Approaching Hail Storm (1978)
watercolour on paper - 27h x 36.5w (cm)
Shoes on the Beach, Lepe (1978)
oil on board - 15.9h x 27.3w (cm)
Bait Diggers, Solent (1978)
Watercolour heightened with white laid on board - 23.1h x 37.9w (cm)
Solent (1978)
watercolour on paper - 21h x 37w (cm)
Container Ship (1978)
watercolour on paper - 27.5h x 36w (cm)
Grey Solent (1978)
watercolour on paper laid on board - 27h x 37w (cm)
Sebastian (1977)
oil on canvas board - 20.2h x 51.5w (cm)
Old Boathouse, Beaulieu River (1977)
oil on board - 71h x 91w (cm)
Boys Fishing (1977)
oil on chipboard - 13.2h x 18.4w (cm)
Sails in the Solent (1977)
oil on board - 20h x 67.5w (cm)