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
Fishing at Dusk (1980)
oil on board - 20.3h × 30.5w (cm)
Evening (1980)
oil on board - 40.6h × 91.4w (cm)
Watching the Ship (1980)
pencil on paper - 8.7h × 13.5w (cm)
Couple on the Beach (1980)
oil on board - 15h × 23.1w (cm)
Looking for Shells (1980)
pencil on paper - 8.7h × 13.5w (cm)
Play on the Beach (1980)
oil on board - 16h × 23.5w (cm)
Penelope (1980)
oil on board - 22.5h × 30.5w (cm)
The Conversation (1980)
pencil on paper - 8.7h × 13.5w (cm)
Bathers at Lepe (c1980)
oil on board - 32.5h × 40w (cm)
Round the Corner, Lepe (1980s)
oil on board - 39h × 61w (cm)
The Breakwater (1979)
oil on board - 11.5h × 25.5w (cm)
Sea Watchers (1979)
oil on board - 14h × 20.3w (cm)
Shapes on a Beach (1979)
oil on board - 11.5h × 41w (cm)
Mother and Daughter (1979)
oil on board - 14h × 30w (cm)
Beach (1979)
pencil on paper - 8.7h × 13.5w (cm)
The Deck Chair (1979)
- 40.6h × 91.5w (cm)
Deckchairs, Beaulieu River (1979)
oil on board - 13.5h × 30.3w (cm)
Stormy Evening, Solent (1979)
oil on board - 38.5h × 61w (cm)
Before Six (1979)
pencil on paper - 8.7h × 13.5w (cm)
Bait Diggers (1979)
oil on board - 14h × 25.5w (cm)
Two Girls Trying to Catch a Dog (1979)
oil on board - 18.5h × 31.5w (cm)
Sail, Dog, Man (1979)
oil on canvas laid on panel - 12.7h × 40.6w (cm)
The Sunshade (1979)
oil on board - 12.5h × 20w (cm)
Sunshade (1979)
- 50.8h × 80w (cm)
Bike on the Beach (1979)
oil on board - 15h × 22w (cm)
Breakthrough, Chesil Beach Portland (1979)
oil on board - 26.5h × 33w (cm)
Figures on a Beach (1979)
oil on board - 56h × 81.5w (cm)
Approaching Hail Storm (1978)
watercolour on paper - 27h × 36.5w (cm)
Shoes on the Beach, Lepe (1978)
oil on board - 15.9h × 27.3w (cm)
Bait Diggers, Solent (1978)
Watercolour heightened with white laid on board - 23.1h × 37.9w (cm)
Solent (1978)
watercolour on paper - 21h × 37w (cm)
Container Ship (1978)
watercolour on paper - 27.5h × 36w (cm)
Grey Solent (1978)
watercolour on paper laid on board - 27h × 37w (cm)
Sebastian (1977)
oil on canvas board - 20.2h × 51.5w (cm)
Old Boathouse, Beaulieu River (1977)
oil on board - 71h × 91w (cm)
Boys Fishing (1977)
oil on chipboard - 13.2h × 18.4w (cm)
Sails in the Solent (1977)
oil on board - 20h × 67.5w (cm)
Woman on a Beach (1976)
oil on board - 22.6h × 23w (cm)
Sandbank with QE2 (1976)
pencil on paper - 28.8h × 39.1w (cm)
The Fisherman (1976)
oil on board - 16.5h × 20.3w (cm)
The Shadow (1976)
oil on board - 31h × 42w (cm)
Stormy Evening, Lepe (1976)
oil on board - 13.9h × 22.8w (cm)
Lepe Beach, Evening (1976)
oil on board - 11.5h × 43.5w (cm)
Fishermen at Ease (1976)
- 16.1h × 20.3w (cm)
Woman, Fishermen and Tanker (c1976)
pencil on paper
Nocturne (1975)
oil on board - 30.5h × 30.5w (cm)
Lepe (1975)
watercolour on paper - 19h × 29w (cm)
Tales of the Sea (1975)
pencil on paper - 14.5h × 26.5w (cm)
A Family (1975)
oil on board - 25.4h × 30.5w (cm)
Warm Day (1975)
oil on board - 25.4h × 30.5w (cm)
Figures on a Beach - The Rainbow (1975)
pencil on paper laid to board - 20h × 28w (cm)
Stormy Seascape (1975)
pencil and wash on paper on board - 28h × 48.5w (cm)
Solent Angler (1975)
oil on canvas - 59h × 60w (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)
Digger, Lepe Beach (1975)
oil on paper on board
Dog and Figures on Beach (1975)
oil on board - 25.4h × 30.5w (cm)
Farne (1975)
oil on board - 30.5h × 60w (cm)
Skin Divers at Lepe (1974)
oil on board - 25.5h × 40.6w (cm)
Farewell (1974)
oil on board - 15.2h × 61w (cm)
Bait Diggers (1974)
oil on board - 13h × 35w (cm)
The Seaweed Cart (1974)
oil on board - 31.5h × 54.5w (cm)
The Sunbathers, Lepe Beach (1974)
oil on board - 14h × 19.5w (cm)
Sun (1974)
oil on board - 20.3h × 20.3w (cm)
Chesil Beach from Rodwell (1974)
oil on board - 40.6h × 61w (cm)
The Rescue (1974)
oil on board - 75h × 60.5w (cm)
Dymchurch Beach (1974)
oil on board - 60.4h × 76w (cm)
Figure and Planes (1974)
oil on board - 37h × 49.5w (cm)
Lepe Beach (1973)
oil on board - 21.5h × 32.8w (cm)
Yellow Oilskins (1973)
oil on panel - 38h × 61w (cm)
Molly on the Shore (1973)
oil on panel - 46h × 76w (cm)
A Beach (1973)
oil on board - 54.5h × 105w (cm)
Sunbathers (1973)
oil on panel - 19.1h × 34.3w (cm)
Northumbrian Sword Dance (1973)
oil on board - 30.5h × 61w (cm)
A View of a Beach and Estuary (c1973)
oil on board - 20.3h × 30.5w (cm)
Dark Solent (1972)
oil on panel - 21.5h × 30.5w (cm)
Promenade at Night (1972)
oil on board - 39h × 59.5w (cm)
Seashore at Lepe (1972)
oil on panel - 35.6h × 61w (cm)
Lepe Beach (1972)
oil on panel - 22.5h × 30.5w (cm)
On the Beach (1972)
oil on panel - 30.5h × 61w (cm)
Figure on Stony Beach (male nude bather back view) (c1972)
- 35.6h × 40.6w (cm)
Watchers on a Beach (1971)
oil on board - 76.2h × 101.6w (cm)
Evening, Lepe (1971)
oil on board - 49.5h × 74.5w (cm)
Fragment (1971)
oil on board - 15.2h × 61w (cm)
Figures on a Beach (1971)
oil on panel - 45h × 66.5w (cm)
Farne (c1971)
oil on board - 25.4h × 38w (cm)
Figures on Beach with Stormy Sky (c1971)
- 30.5h × 40.6w (cm)
Mother and Son (c1971)
oil on canvas - 25.5h × 29.2w (cm)
Figures on a Beach, Sunset (1970)
oil on board - 13h × 16.5w (cm)
Low Tide, Lepe (1970)
oil on board - 13h × 23w (cm)
The Gathering of the Waters (1970)
oil on board - 45h × 50.1w (cm)
Two Nudes on Beach (1970)
oil on board - 16.5h × 38w (cm)
The Bay (or Cove) with Bathers (1970)
oil on board - 61h × 76w (cm)
Study of Figures on Beach (1970)
oil on board - 21.5h × 61w (cm)
Ramsgate (c1970)
oil on board - 28h × 50w (cm)
Lone Wader (1969)
oil on canvas - 25.4h × 29.8w (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)
Lady with Dog, Shipping in the Solent (1969)
oil on board - 25.5h × 46w (cm)
Tanker in the Solent (1968)
oil on board - 15h × 29w (cm)
Hole in the Wall (1968)
oil on board - 27.9h × 61w (cm)
Fog Clearing at Lepe (1968)
oil on canvas - 25h × 61w (cm)
The Great Tanker (1968)
oil on canvas - 76.5h × 102w (cm)
Wreck and Landslip, Yorkshire Coast (1968)
oil on canvas - 41h × 61w (cm)
Yachts off Cowes (1967)
oil on board - 20h × 66w (cm)
Her Majesty the Queen visits Yarmouth on Britannia, July 1965 (1967)
oil on board - 30h × 76w (cm)
Three Figures on a Beach (1967)
oil on canvas - 30.5h × 38.1w (cm)
Sir Francis Chichester’s Return Celebration at Buckler's Hard on 17th Sept 1967 (1967)
oil on board - 52h × 68w (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)
On the Beach (1966)
oil on board - 44.4h × 81.3w (cm)
Tanker on Fire (1965)
oil on canvas - 30.5h × 40.6w (cm)
Beach at Deal (1965)
oil on board - 22.2h × 40w (cm)
Rainy Day Isle of Wight (1965)
oil on board - 40.64h × 50.8w (cm)
Children on Donkeys at the Seaside (1964)
oil on board - 62.5h × 75w (cm)
Evening, Farne (1964)
oil on board - 25h × 36w (cm)
Penmon Lighthouse, Anglesey (1964)
oil on board - 20.3h × 31w (cm)
Mavis and Philippa, Lepe, early morning (1962)
oil on thin board - 15h × 27.2w (cm)
The Whitby Lights (1962)
oil on board - 35.2h × 58.1w (cm)
Near Seaview, Isle of Wight (1962)
oil on board - 22h × 61w (cm)
Coast Scene with Rainbow (1953)
oil on canvas - 122.5h × 183.5w (cm)
Harbour Entrance (1952)
oil on board - 41h × 61w (cm)
The Bay (1952)
- 50.8h × 61w (cm)
Sails and Crucifix (1951)
oil on ? - 15.24h × 21w (cm)
Beach Scene (1951)
oil on canvas - 17.8h × 20.3w (cm)
The Shell Gatherer (1951)
oil on board - 15h × 20w (cm)
Marine Harvest (1949)
oil on canvas - 55.9h × 60.9w (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 Return (1948)
oil on canvas - 51h × 61w (cm)
Dancing Men (1948)
oil on canvas - 40.5h × 51w (cm)
House on the Beach (c1945)
oil on panel - 23h × 30.5w (cm)
D-Day, Reconstruction - Beach Landing (1944)
oil on panel - 102h × 228.5w (cm)
The Raid on the Bruneval Radio Location Station, 27-28 February 1942 (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.9w (cm)
Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940 (1941)
oil on canvas - 101.8h × 152.5w (cm)
Robin Hood's Bay in Wartime (1940)
oil on canvas - 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
Dunkirk Beaches (1940)
oil on cardboard - 22.8h × 45.7w (cm)
Dunkirk Beach, 1940 (1940)
oil on board - 28h × 50.8w (cm)
Withdrawal from Dunkirk, June 1940 (1940)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.6w (cm)
Dunkirk 1940 (c1940)
oil on board - 26.6h × 35.5w (cm)
Sunbathing on the Jetty, Penzance (1939)
oil on canvas - 40h × 50w (cm)
Winter Seascape (1933)
oil on canvas - 50.8h × 60.9w (cm)
Wyke Regis (1932)
watercolour on paper - 19h × 27w (cm)
Lyme Regis (1930)
oil on canvas - 40.8h × 50.8w (cm)
Clowns by the Sea (c1929)
pencil on paper
Fantazia (1927)
pencil on paper - 25.5h × 32w (cm)
Mother and Children, Day at the Beach (1926)
oil on board - 45.7h × 25.4w (cm)
Fishing at Whitby (c1923)
oil on canvas board - 17h × 25w (cm)