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
Mother and Child on Beach (1986)
oil on board - 17.5h x 23w (cm)
Low Tide - Lepe (1986)
oil on board - 17.5h x 54w (cm)
Figures on the Beach (1986)
oil on board - 16h x 35.5w (cm)
Beach Study No. II (1986)
oil on board - 10.8h x 32.4w (cm)
Beach No. III (1986)
oil on board - 28h x 33w (cm)
Beach No. II (1986)
oil on board - 11.4h x 32.4w (cm)
The Bathers (1986)
oil on board - 10h x 33.5w (cm)
Windsurfer (1986)
oil on board - 36.2h x 50.2w (cm)
Low Tide (1985)
oil on board - 38h x 45w (cm)
Hazy Day, Bait Diggers (1985)
oil on board - 48.8h x 75w (cm)
Boy With a Kite (1985)
oil on board - 58h x 78w (cm)
No.24 Seaweed Beach (1985)
oil on board - 48.3h x 68.6w (cm)
The Beach (1985)
- 35.6h x 30.5w (cm)
Bait Diggers and Sunbathers (1985)
oil on board - 22h x 50w (cm)
Study (1985)
oil on board - 20h x 32w (cm)
Red Figures (1985)
oil on board - 26.5h x 29.2w (cm)
Seaweed Beach (1985)
oil on board - 55.88h x 76.2w (cm)
Blue Shoes (1985)
oil on board - 11.5h x 19w (cm)
Marine Sun (1985)
pencil and watercolour on gesso board - 14h x 31w (cm)