Seascapes | Coastal Scenes
Although Richard’s early life was in landlocked Bradford, the sea eventually became a dominant theme for him, its horizon symbolizing somehow a distant yearning within him. The sight of the sea always thrilled him in a way that nothing else did. He experienced a few memorable sea trips but most of his observation was from the land or from an imagined high point in the sky.
Unusually High Tide (1989)
oil on board - 39.5h × 45.5w (cm)
Richard and Mavis’ car was actually swamped by this wave as they drove to their usual parking place at Lepe Beach. Their car figured in the picture originally but Richard decided to change it which is why the dates cover two years.
The Bay (1952)
- 50.8h × 61w (cm)
The Bay either refers to the beach or the horse in this lively picture. There is a certain delight in seeing the rower working hard on the choppy sea through the legs of the horse.
Lulworth Cove (1934)
oil on canvas - 36h × 51w (cm)
Richard and Mavis were married in September that year. The people here are not portraits, but this is just an image of the bliss of companionship in a beautiful place.
Clearing Clouds at Lepe (1992)
oil on board - 61h × 75.5w (cm)
Last Look at the Sea (1992)
oil on board - 44h × 59w (cm)
Rain Clouds Over the Solent (1992)
oil on board - 29.5h × 59.5w (cm)
The Lighthouse (c1992)
oil on board - 48h × 51w (cm)
Cloudy Bay (1991)
oil on board - 23h × 59w (cm)
Seascape (1991)
pencil on paper
Small Seascape (c1991)
oil on board - 14h × 26w (cm)
Sunrise (1990)
oil on board - 45.7h × 60.7w (cm)
Looking out to Sea from a Window (1990)
oil on board - 39h × 59w (cm)
Early Morning (1990)
oil on board - 14h × 25.5w (cm)
Big Clouds (1990)
oil on board - 27.9h × 36.8w (cm)
The Tanker (c1990)
oil on board - 18h × 17w (cm)
Clouds Off Shore (c1990)
oil on board - 44h × 60w (cm)
Incoming Wave (c1990)
oil on board - 39h × 60w (cm)
Bleak Beach (c1990)
oil on board - 60.5h × 75.5w (cm)
The Oyster Boat (c1990)
oil on board - 24.13h × 31w (cm)
Low Tide, Lepe Beach (1989)
oil on board - 45h × 60w (cm)
Bay Watch (1989)
oil on board - 45h × 60w (cm)
Seascape (1989)
oil on panel - 11h × 29.5w (cm)
Girl with Seaweed (1989)
oil on board - 45.7h × 60.9w (cm)
Walmer Beach (1989)
oil on board - 38.7h × 48.9w (cm)
High Seas, Torquay (1989)
oil on board - 41.5h × 60.5w (cm)
Stormy Sea (1989)
oil on board - 25.5h × 60w (cm)
The Sea (1989)
oil on board - 43h × 62w (cm)
East Wind (1989)
oil on board - 10.2h × 40w (cm)
The Black Dog (1989)
oil on board - 78h × 74w (cm)
Canoes (1989)
oil on board - 15h × 42w (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)
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)
Choppy Sea (1989)
oil on board - 14h × 22w (cm)
Storm, Torquay (1989)
oil on board - 47h × 62.2w (cm)
The Rainbow (1989)
oil on board - 28h × 36w (cm)
Gulls (1989)
oil on board - 47h × 60w (cm)
Wave Power II (c1989)
oil on board - 41h × 60.5w (cm)
Boat on Rough Sea (c1989)
oil on board - 12h × 20w (cm)
The Ship (c1989)
oil on canvas board - 9.5h × 14.6w (cm)
Flight of Birds over the Sea (1988)
oil on board - 48.3h × 71.1w (cm)
Brent Geese and Gulls (1988)
oil on board - 29h × 42w (cm)
Breakwaters (1988)
oil on board - 45h × 60w (cm)
Windsurfers, 88 (1988)
pencil on paper
Broken Cloud (1988)
oil on board - 48h × 55w (cm)
Rough Sea with Windsurfers (1988)
oil on board - 10h × 28w (cm)
The Tug (1988)
oil on board - 24h × 35.5w (cm)
Storm Arising (1988)
oil on board - 33h × 43w (cm)
The Shore (1988)
oil on board - 20.4h × 61w (cm)
Lone Sail (1988)
oil on board - 61h × 73w (cm)
Storm (1988)
oil on board - 25h × 31w (cm)
Greeting the Spray (1988)
oil on board - 12h × 55w (cm)
Deep Sea and Clouds (1988)
oil on board - 12.1h × 15.9w (cm)
Lone Sailer (1988)
oil on board - 44.5h × 50w (cm)
Storm Brewing (1988)
oil on board - 19h × 88.9w (cm)
Bathers (1988)
oil on board - 9.5h × 20.5w (cm)
Waves (1988)
oil on board - 12h × 44w (cm)
Mini Regatta (1988)
oil on board - 49.5h × 75w (cm)
Lepe (1988)
oil on board
Two Bathers in a Blue Sea (1988)
oil on board - 46h × 50.5w (cm)
The Large Yacht (1988)
pencil on paper - 28h × 38w (cm)
The Balloon (1988)
oil on board - 28h × 40.5w (cm)
The Deckchair (1988)
oil on board - 46.5h × 62w (cm)
The Ferry (1988)
oil on board - 20.5h × 25.5w (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)
Figures and Dog on a Beach (1987)
pencil on paper - 39h × 55w (cm)
Red Sails (1987)
oil on board - 16h × 17.5w (cm)
Boy Watching Object (1987)
oil on board - 45.5h × 61w (cm)
Rain at Times (1987)
oil on board - 17.78h × 22.86w (cm)
Father and Daughter Watching Sailing Boats (1987)
pencil on paper - 39.4h × 56.5w (cm)
The Rocket (1987)
oil on board - 28h × 60w (cm)
Two Yachts (1987)
pencil on paper - 39h × 55w (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)
Dark Sea with Storm Clouds (1987)
oil on board - 23h × 29w (cm)
Sail in the Dark (1987)
oil on board - 13.2h × 17w (cm)
Cloud Explosion (1987)
oil on board - 61h × 61w (cm)
Lady with a Bucket on a Beach (1987)
pencil on paper - 39h × 55w (cm)
Rain At Times (1987)
oil on board - 12h × 15w (cm)
Low Tide, Lepe (1987)
oil on board - 17h × 24w (cm)
Bathers at Low Tide (1987)
- 20.3h × 30.5w (cm)
So That Is the Island (1987)
oil on board - 62h × 81.4w (cm)
Winter Solent (1987)
oil on board - 38h × 61w (cm)
Sky Over Beach (c1987)
- 10.2h × 20.3w (cm)
Wind Surfer (c1987)
- 12.7h × 17.8w (cm)
Cowes Regatta (1986)
oil on board - 12.7h × 28w (cm)
Dark Beach (1986)
oil on board - 8.9h × 35.6w (cm)
Wind and Waves (1986)
oil on board - 45.8h × 66w (cm)
Seascape and Lighthouse (1986)
oil on board - 29h × 76w (cm)
Study (1986)
oil on board - 39h × 74w (cm)
Brent Geese and Gulls (1986)
- 61h × 76.2w (cm)
Beach No. VII (1986)
oil on board - 23h × 28w (cm)
Beach No. VI (1986)
oil on board - 10.2h × 31.1w (cm)
Beach No. IX (1986)
oil on board - 21h × 30w (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)
Chesil Beach (1986)
oil on board - 48.3h × 81.9w (cm)
Brent Geese (1986)
oil on board - 27.5h × 33.5w (cm)
Beach No. III (1986)
oil on board - 28h × 33w (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 Picnic Party (1985)
oil on board - 61h × 76.2w (cm)
Marine (1985)
oil on board - 13h × 60.5w (cm)
Moonlight (1985)
oil on card - 30h × 40w (cm)
Bait Diggers and Sunbathers (1985)
oil on board - 22h × 50w (cm)
Sea Study (1985)
oil on board - 13h × 29w (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)
Entrance to Beaulieu River (1985)
oil on board - 29.5h × 109w (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)
Cowes Regatta (1985)
oil on board - 11.4h × 74.5w (cm)
Racing, Cowes Regatta (1985)
oil on board - 33.5h × 60.3w (cm)
Man and Dog on Beach (1985)
oil on board - 23h × 30.1w (cm)
Lepe (c1985)
oil on board - 11.3h × 36w (cm)
Sunrise (c1985)
oil on board - 51h × 76w (cm)
Family by the Sea (c1985)
- 11.4h × 26.7w (cm)
Early Morning (1984)
oil on board - 92.7h × 122.4w (cm)
The Shore, Lepe (1984)
pencil and oil on board - 21.6h × 31.8w (cm)
Seabound (1984)
oil on board - 30h × 58w (cm)
Wind Surfer Seascape (1984)
oil on board - 61h × 61w (cm)
Two Lighthouses (1984)
oil on board - 34.5h × 28.5w (cm)
Rain Over the Island (1984)
oil on board - 56.5h × 101.5w (cm)
Fishermen, Low Tide (1984)
mixed media on board - 57.5h × 59w (cm)
Storm, Finland (1984)
oil on board - 30.5h × 40.7w (cm)
The Three-Master (1984)
oil on board - 23.5h × 60.9w (cm)
Dredger, Early Morning (1984)
oil on board - 22.9h × 31.8w (cm)
Winter Seascape (1984)
oil on board - 30h × 40w (cm)
The Bay (c1984)
- 55.9h × 76.2w (cm)
Evening, Seascape (c1984)
- 61h × 71.1w (cm)
Chesil Beach (c1984)
watercolour on paper - 27h × 32w (cm)
Rough Seas (c1984)
oil on board - 29h × 34.5w (cm)
Sea Shore at Lepe (c1984)
- 35.6h × 61w (cm)
Turbulent Sea (c1984)
- 81.3h × 52.1w (cm)
Seascape (c1984)
charcoal on paper - 30.5h × 40.6w (cm)
Devon Coast ([date unknown])
watercolour - 30.5h × 40.6w (cm)
Choppy Sea, Lepe ([date unknown])
watercolour - 29.8h × 38.1w (cm)
The Spit, Solent (20th Jul 1983)
pencil on paper - 31h × 46w (cm)
The Balcony (1983)
oil on board - 62.5h × 75.5w (cm)
Stormy Weather (1983)
oil on board - 29.5h × 44w (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)
Incoming Tide (1983)
oil on canvas - 8.5h × 38.5w (cm)
Seascape with Rainbow (1983)
oil on board - 13.3h × 27.3w (cm)
Mist at Lepe (1983)
oil on board - 30.5h × 61w (cm)
Bait Diggers (1983)
oil on paper on board - 25.3h × 38.5w (cm)
East Wind (1983)
pencil on paper laid to board - 28h × 38.2w (cm)
Dredger (1983)
oil on board - 59.5h × 74.5w (cm)
Stormy Sea (1983)
charcoal on paper on board - 34.3h × 51.5w (cm)
Sea and Sky (Study) (1983)
- 14h × 26w (cm)
Winter Seascape (1983)
oil on board - 29h × 68w (cm)
Passing Vessel (1983)
oil on board - 23h × 30.5w (cm)
Windy Sky and Sea (1983)
oil on board - 41h × 61w (cm)
Nocturne (1983)
oil on board - 12.1h × 24.1w (cm)
Seascape (c1983)
- 10.1h × 15.2w (cm)
Breakwater (c1983)
- 12.7h × 17.8w (cm)
Spray on the Beach (c1983)
- 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
Marine (c1983)
- 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
Farne Islands (1982)
watercolour on paper - 17h × 24w (cm)
Winter Seascape (1982)
oil on board - 75h × 127w (cm)
The Goal Post (1982)
oil on board - 34.5h × 50w (cm)
Seascape (1982)
oil on board - 12.5h × 21w (cm)
In Memoriam. Crispin (1982)
oil on board - 52.2h × 68.9w (cm)
Anglers, Lepe (1982)
oil on board - 18h × 25.5w (cm)
Solent from Lepe (1982)
charcoal pencil on paper on board - 18h × 31.5w (cm)
Sunset (1982)
oil on board - 16.5h × 32.5w (cm)
Summer Evening (1982)
oil on card - 23h × 33w (cm)
Carrier (1982)
oil on board - 14h × 35w (cm)
Yacht Race (1982)
oil on board - 15.5h × 26.5w (cm)
Pier Head (1982)
oil on board - 56.5h × 77.5w (cm)
Seascape, Misty Morning (1982)
oil on board - 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)