Sunrises | Sunsets
Richard's teenage watercolours of early morning skies are delicate studies and he notes in his Memoir his exceptional decision to paint a lurid sunset when he was still a teenager. This was condemned by his ‘artist' friends. In the 1960s however he experimented with colour in a completely new way, and wild sunrise and sunset colours were unleashed.
Penelope (1980)
oil on board - 22.5h x 30.5w (cm)
This small picture has a feeling of vastness about it. Here, the blood-red sun sinking towards the end of another day symbolises the weariness of Penelope's waiting for the return of her husband Odysseus
On the Beach (1966)
oil on board - 44.4h x 81.3w (cm)
The sun is setting on a wild sea and clouds are approaching. There seems to be a hint of a rainbow caught in a fitful shower. Some people are transfixed by the glory of the scene.
Tugboat (1921)
oil on canvas
One of Richard’s daring attempts at a feast of sunset colour at a period when it was deeply unfashionable.
Last of the Light (1992)
oil on board - 61h x 76w (cm)
Seascape (1991)
pencil on paper
Sunrise (1990)
oil on board - 45.7h x 60.7w (cm)
Early Morning (1990)
oil on board - 14h x 25.5w (cm)
Sunset at Sea (1987)
oil on board - 18.5h x 35.5w (cm)
Winter Solent (1987)
oil on board - 38h x 61w (cm)
Autumn Sunset (c1987)
oil on board - 39.5h x 60w (cm)
Windsurfer Evening (1986)
oil on board - 30h x 65w (cm)
Early Morning (1984)
oil on board - 92.7h x 122.4w (cm)
Dredger, Early Morning (1984)
oil on board - 22.9h x 31.8w (cm)
Sundown (1983)
oil on board - 15.24h x 35.56w (cm)
Sunset (1982)
oil on board - 16.5h x 32.5w (cm)
Solent, Evening (1981)
oil on board - 15h x 23.5w (cm)
Evening (1980)
oil on board - 40.6h x 91.4w (cm)