Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports
Harbours and ports feature mainly in the early part of Richard’s career, but the ships, boats and other craft are a subject throughout. He spent the winter months of 1932/3 in Lyme Regis working towards his first exhibition of paintings at the Redfern Gallery titled 'Dorset Seaports'. This followed the show at the Goupil in 1929 which consisted solely of drawings. He loved the working ports and the atmosphere of camaraderie among the men concentrating on their tasks, as well as the beauty of the ships themselves.
Workers Emerging (1976)
oil on board - 33h × 28w (cm)
A reimagining of the glory days of shipbuilding in the north reminds me a bit of a photo by Chambré Hardman of the building of Ark Royal taken in 1950. The perspective here is exaggerated to great effect. The back-to-backs with their washing across the street were a common sight up till the mid 60s but I can’t imagine that the sheets would be very clean after all these workers had pushed their way past! [PB]
Tanker off Cowes (1972)
oil on panel - 33h × 35.5w (cm)
A far cry from a lovely clipper ship but Richard found the tankers in the Solent fascinating in their way. Looking down from Cowes with the sun behind is peaceful and also intense.
The Grain Ship, Falmouth Harbour (1937)
oil on canvas - 620h × 655w (cm)
Richard shows how the beauty of this ship graces the harbour. Several of our family were honoured to see the restoration studio at work on this picture at the Maritime Museum in Greenwich. [PB]
Distant Liner (1991)
oil on board - 26.5h × 53w (cm)
Seascape (1991)
pencil on paper
Small Seascape (c1991)
oil on board - 14h × 26w (cm)
Scottie and Friends on the Beach (1990)
oil on board - 45.7h × 60.7w (cm)
Looking out to Sea from a Window (1990)
oil on board - 39h × 59w (cm)
The Tanker (c1990)
oil on board - 18h × 17w (cm)
Bay Watch (1989)
oil on board - 45h × 60w (cm)
East Wind (1989)
oil on board - 10.2h × 40w (cm)
Canoes (1989)
oil on board - 15h × 42w (cm)
The Canoe (1989)
oil on board - 45.7h × 61w (cm)
Bait Diggers (1989)
oil on board - 29.5h × 60w (cm)
Storm, Torquay (1989)
oil on board - 47h × 62.2w (cm)
The Rainbow (1989)
oil on board - 28h × 36w (cm)
Boat on Rough Sea (c1989)
oil on board - 12h × 20w (cm)
The Ship (c1989)
oil on canvas board - 9.5h × 14.6w (cm)
Windy Solent (1988)
oil on board - 8.5h × 38w (cm)
The Tug (1988)
oil on board - 24h × 35.5w (cm)
Lone Sail (1988)
oil on board - 61h × 73w (cm)
Storm (1988)
oil on board - 25h × 31w (cm)
Lone Sailer (1988)
oil on board - 44.5h × 50w (cm)
The Fish Market (1988)
oil on panel - 16h × 25w (cm)
Mini Regatta (1988)
oil on board - 49.5h × 75w (cm)
Lepe (1988)
oil on board
The Large Yacht (1988)
pencil on paper - 28h × 38w (cm)
The Launching (1988)
- 45.7h × 60.7w (cm)
The Ferry (1988)
oil on board - 20.5h × 25.5w (cm)
Windsurfer with Board (1987)
pencil on paper - 39h × 55w (cm)
Cowes Week, Isle of Wight (1987)
oil on board - 18h × 59w (cm)
Red Sails (1987)
oil on board - 16h × 17.5w (cm)
Two Yachts (1987)
pencil on paper - 39h × 55w (cm)
Boys Resting (1987)
oil on board - 14.5h × 14w (cm)
Sail in the Dark (1987)
oil on board - 13.2h × 17w (cm)
View of a Yacht (1987)
pencil on paper - 39.4h × 56.5w (cm)
The Toy Boat (1987)
oil on board - 27.8h × 29.7w (cm)
Cowes Regatta (1987)
oil on board - 9.5h × 17w (cm)
Canoes with Sails (1987)
oil on board - 12h × 21w (cm)
Two Boats and a Bait Digger (1987)
pencil on paper - 39h × 55w (cm)
Cowes Regatta (1986)
oil on board - 12.7h × 28w (cm)
Dark Beach (1986)
oil on board - 8.9h × 35.6w (cm)
Seascape and Lighthouse (1986)
oil on board - 29h × 76w (cm)
Wings (1986)
oil on ? - 54.6h × 80w (cm)
Sails (1986)
oil on board - 12.5h × 17w (cm)
Ship in Fog (1986)
oil on board - 15h × 27w (cm)
Beach No. II (1986)
oil on board - 11.4h × 32.4w (cm)
The Picnic Party (1985)
oil on board - 61h × 76.2w (cm)
Marine (1985)
oil on board - 13h × 60.5w (cm)
Thames Barge (1985)
oil on board - 25h × 33w (cm)
Study (1985)
oil on board - 20h × 32w (cm)
The Yellow Lamp (1985)
oil on board - 40.8h × 45.8w (cm)
Racing, Cowes Regatta (1985)
oil on board - 33.5h × 60.3w (cm)
Early Morning (1984)
oil on board - 92.7h × 122.4w (cm)
Cheese (1984)
oil on board - 20h × 36w (cm)
Seabound (1984)
oil on board - 30h × 58w (cm)
Wind Surfer Seascape (1984)
oil on board - 61h × 61w (cm)
The Three-Master (1984)
mixed media - 25h × 30w (cm)
The Three-Master (1984)
oil on board - 23.5h × 60.9w (cm)
There are two quite different paintings in 1984 with this same name. This one is very pared-down, the sort of simplifying that comes with old age.
Dredger, Early Morning (1984)
oil on board - 22.9h × 31.8w (cm)
Freighter at Sea with Dog Walker on the Beach (1980s)
oil on panel - 7.6h × 10.2w (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)
Passing Vessel (1983)
oil on board - 23h × 30.5w (cm)
Nocturne (1983)
oil on board - 12.1h × 24.1w (cm)
Last Light (1983)
oil on board - 44h × 60w (cm)
Q.E.1 Leaving the Solent (c1983)
- 22.9h × 40.6w (cm)
The Goal Post (1982)
oil on board - 34.5h × 50w (cm)
In Memoriam. Crispin (1982)
oil on board - 52.2h × 68.9w (cm)
The Tall Ships, Southampton (1982)
oil on board - 74h × 114w (cm)
Carrier (1982)
oil on board - 14h × 35w (cm)
Yacht Race (1982)
oil on board - 15.5h × 26.5w (cm)
Figures in a Hurry (1982)
oil on board - 53h × 81w (cm)
Oil Slick Spraying (1982)
oil on board - 16h × 25w (cm)
Rain in the Solent (1981)
oil on board - 14.6h × 21.6w (cm)
Fog Lifting (1981)
oil on board - 40.6h × 91.4w (cm)
Sleeping Pebble (1981)
oil on board - 14.5h × 27.5w (cm)
Tanker in the Solent (White) (1981)
- 15.9h × 27.9w (cm)
Blue Sea (1981)
oil on board - 19.5h × 30.5w (cm)
Nocturne, Southampton Water (1981)
oil on board - 48h × 68w (cm)
Telephone Repairs (1981)
oil on board - 23h × 33.5w (cm)
White Solent (1981)
oil on board - 50.8h × 61w (cm)
Cowes Week (1981)
- 17.8h × 43.8w (cm)
Mirage (1981)
oil on board - 13h × 49w (cm)
Deep Blue Sea (1981)
oil on board - 22h × 38w (cm)
Changing Breeze (1981)
oil on board - 16h × 30w (cm)
Solent Horizon (1981)
oil on board - 8.5h × 38.5w (cm)
Cargo Carrier in Solent Mist (c1981)
- 28.6h × 50.2w (cm)
Container Ship (1980)
oil on board - 9.7h × 17w (cm)
Girl on the Shore (1980)
oil on board - 41h × 61.5w (cm)
Cowes Week (1980)
oil on board - 28.5h × 44.5w (cm)
Wind and Rain (1980)
oil on board - 50h × 76w (cm)
Sea Traffic (1980)
oil on board - 44.5h × 55.5w (cm)
Dark Solent with Tankers (1980)
oil on board - 50.8h × 76.2w (cm)
For Rupert (1980)
pencil on paper - 25h × 34.5w (cm)
Watching the Ship (1980)
pencil on paper - 8.7h × 13.5w (cm)
Play on the Beach (1980)
oil on board - 16h × 23.5w (cm)
Container (1980)
oil on board - 12.7h × 19.7w (cm)
Farne (1980)
mixed media on paper - 27h × 37w (cm)
Yachts on the Solent (1980)
oil on board - 14.9h × 34.9w (cm)
The Solent (1980)
oil on board
Yachts in a Squall (1980)
oil on board - 29.2h × 64.8w (cm)
Seascape (1980)
pencil on paper - 28h × 38w (cm)
Regatta, Solent (c1980)
oil on board - 12h × 26.7w (cm)
Southampton Water (1979)
oil on board - 43h × 50w (cm)
Oil Rig in the Solent (1979)
oil on board - 19.5h × 30w (cm)
Hazy Day (1979)
oil on board - 15h × 25w (cm)
Shapes on a Beach (1979)
oil on board - 11.5h × 41w (cm)
Shipyard, Falmouth (1979)
oil on board - 13h × 27w (cm)
Stormy Evening, Solent (1979)
oil on board - 38.5h × 61w (cm)
Seascape (1979)
oil on board - 21h × 23w (cm)
Red Funnel Steamer (1979)
oil on board - 8.9h × 26.3w (cm)
Shipping in the Solent (1979)
oil on board - 14h × 50w (cm)
Snow in the Solent (1979)
oil on board - 44.5h × 59.5w (cm)
Misty Morning in the Solent (1979)
oil on board - 42h × 45.5w (cm)
The Tanker (1979)
oil on board - 14h × 34.5w (cm)
Figures on a Beach (1979)
oil on board - 56h × 81.5w (cm)
Boats at Lepe (c1979)
watercolour on paper - 27.9h × 40.6w (cm)
Shoes on the Beach, Lepe (1978)
oil on board - 15.9h × 27.3w (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)
Commercial Landscape (1978)
pen on paper - 32h × 70w (cm)
Spithead Jubilee Review (1977)
oil on panel [REP, 2015] - 85h × 130w (cm)
Southampton Docks (1977)
Oil on board - 13.3h × 22.9w (cm)
Sails in the Solent (1977)
oil on board - 20h × 67.5w (cm)
Sandbank with QE2 (1976)
pencil on paper - 28.8h × 39.1w (cm)
Bottle on a Beach (1976)
oil on board - 51.5h × 76w (cm)
Grey Day, Isle of Wight (1976)
oil on board - 14h × 20w (cm)
Stormy Evening, Lepe (1976)
oil on board - 13.9h × 22.8w (cm)
Woman, Fishermen and Tanker (c1976)
pencil on paper
Solent (1975)
watercolour on paper - 19h × 29w (cm)
Tanker off Cowes (1975)
pencil on paper on board - 18h × 20.5w (cm)
Docks (1975)
oil on board - 35.5h × 60.8w (cm)
Rupert’s Ships (1975)
oil on board - 23h × 30.5w (cm)
Warm Day (1975)
oil on board - 25.4h × 30.5w (cm)
Solent Angler (1975)
oil on canvas - 59h × 60w (cm)
Pierrot and Fisherman (1975)
oil on board - 26.7h × 31.8w (cm)
Quayside, Weymouth (1975)
oil on board - 14h × 50.1w (cm)
Farne (1975)
oil on board - 30.5h × 60w (cm)
Submarine on the Solent (1975)
pencil on paper laid on board - 22h × 29w (cm)
Yorkshire Reservoir (1970s)
oil on board - 11h × 21.5w (cm)
Skin Divers at Lepe (1974)
oil on board - 25.5h × 40.6w (cm)
Farewell (1974)
oil on board - 15.2h × 61w (cm)
P.Z.576 (1974)
oil on board - 63h × 75.5w (cm)
Mine Layer on Beaulieu River (1974)
oil on board - 23h × 40.6w (cm)
Eddystone Light (1974)
oil on board - 60h × 90.8w (cm)
High Tide, Lyme Regis, Dorset (1974)
oil on canvas - 24.5h × 44.5w (cm)
The Rescue (1974)
oil on board - 75h × 60.5w (cm)
Plymouth (1974)
oil on board - 34h × 59.5w (cm)
From Dymchurch Sands (1974)
oil on board - 12.7h × 30.48w (cm)
Oil Rig on Tow in Solent (c1974)
pencil on paper
Yellow Oilskins (1973)
oil on panel - 38h × 61w (cm)
A Beach (1973)
oil on board - 54.5h × 105w (cm)
Northumbrian Sword Dance (1973)
oil on board - 30.5h × 61w (cm)
Staithes, Yorkshire (c1973)
oil on board - 17h × 24w (cm)
Dark Solent (1972)
oil on panel - 21.5h × 30.5w (cm)
Ship Aground in the Solent (1972)
oil on panel - 15h × 65.5w (cm)
Morning in the Solent (1972)
oil on panel - 35.5h × 61w (cm)
Cowes Week from Providence House (1972)
oil on panel - 76h × 122w (cm)
Docks at Goole, Early Morning, 1971 (1971)
oil on board - 30.7h × 73.7w (cm)
Evening, Lepe (1971)
oil on board - 49.5h × 74.5w (cm)
Crab Boat (1971)
oil on panel - 24.9h × 37.5w (cm)
Tall Sails (1970)
oil on canvas - 30.5h × 46w (cm)
Tankers and Cars at Lepe (c1970)
- 25.4h × 40.6w (cm)
Tankers and Cars at Lepe (c1970)
- 30.5h × 40.6w (cm)
Shipwreck ([date unknown])
oil - 26.7h × 31.8w (cm)
Beach with Bathers (1969)
oil on board - 40.7h × 122w (cm)
Tanker in the Solent (1969)
oil on canvas - 25h × 35w (cm)
Robing Bathers on a Rainy Beach (1969)
oil on canvas - 51h × 75w (cm)
Rain at Times (1969)
oil on board - 31.5h × 54w (cm)
The Fishquay, Fleetwood (1969)
oil on board - 36.5h × 53w (cm)
Mirage (1969)
oil on board - 10.8h × 26.7w (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)
Giant Tanker (1968)
oil on panel - 15h × 28.5w (cm)
Tanker in the Solent (1968)
oil on board - 15h × 29w (cm)
Tanker Off Cowes (1968)
oil on driftwood panel - 11.5h × 48.5w (cm)
Hole in the Wall (1968)
oil on board - 27.9h × 61w (cm)