Narrative
Narrative means telling a story. Many of Richard’s paintings do this. He produced a concentration of detailed pictures largely in the 50s and 60s often with different threads of story lines. But apart from these, there are many which pose questions about what exactly is happening!
Midget Submarine Attack on the 'Tirpitz', 22 September 1943 (1944)
oil on mahogany panel - 40.6h x 106.7w (cm)
Bombardment of the coast near Trapani (1943)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 127w (cm)
The Great Convoy to North Africa (1943)
oil on panel - 36.8h x 127w (cm)
The Landing at Dieppe, 19th August 1942 (March 1942)
oil on panel - 121.9h x 175.3w (cm)
A Destroyer Rescuing Survivors (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 101.9w (cm)
Night Raid on Portsmouth Docks, 1941 (1942)
oil on canvas - 78.7h x 127w (cm)
HMS 'Revenge' Leaving Harbour (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 127w (cm)
The Raid on the Bruneval Radio Location Station, 27-28 February 1942 (1942)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 101.9w (cm)
Naval Light Forces Going into Action (1942)
oil on canvas - 33h x 76w (cm)
A Ship's Boat at Sea (1941)
oil on canvas - 35.6h x 62.2w (cm)
Raid on Vaagso, Norway, 26 - 27 December 1941 (1941)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 127w (cm)
Dunkirk Beaches, May 1940 (1941)
oil on canvas - 101.8h x 152.5w (cm)
Attack on a Convoy Seen from the Air (1941)
oil on canvas - 76h x 101.4w (cm)
The Boats Were Machine-Gunned (1941)
oil on canvas - 76.6h x 101.6w (cm)
The British Power Boat Company (1941)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 127w (cm)
Robin Hood's Bay in Wartime (1940)
oil on canvas - 63.5h x 76.2w (cm)
The Frozen Tarn (1940)
oil on canvas (with scratching out) - 40.5h x 51w (cm)
Dunkirk Beaches (1940)
oil on cardboard - 22.8h x 45.7w (cm)
Whitby in Wartime (1940)
oil on canvas - 63.5h x 76w (cm)
Air Fight over Portland (1940)
oil on canvas - 76.2h x 101.9w (cm)