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Artist Statement:
Michael Richardson is based in
Kent on the East Coast of
England. He paints in oils and
watercolour in a figurative /
modern impressionist style.
His main concern is with the
effect of light and the way in
which it can challenge our
preconceptions of what
something should look like.
To an extent the appearance of
our surroundings is always an
illusion in that the
particular atmospheric
conditions in which a scene is
viewed will probably never
precisely recur.
The way in which light can
change an object or a scene is
something that has to be
studied and as much as
possible understood to give
authenticity to the work and
is perhaps the most exciting
and rewarding part of working
"en plein air, sur le motif".
He makes frequent short visits
to favourite haunts in Europe
and elsewhere using his
motorhome as a travelling
studio and is hoping to revive
the illustrated painters
travel diary format in the
next few years with some
longer journeys. Any
publishers out there?
As a member of the famous
Wapping Group of Artists he
spends many Wednesday
afternoons painting somewhere
on the River Thames recording
Londons magnificent river in
all her many moods.
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Artist Exhibitions:
The Royal Academy of Arts,
London
The Mall Gallery London
The Wapping Group of Artists
Royal Society of British
Artists
The Royal Society of Marine
Artists, London
Chelsea Art Society, London
United Artists, London
British Society of Painters
The City Gallery, London
The Neville Gallery,
Canterbury
The Barry Keene Gallery, ...
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Artist Galleries:
"Lincoln Joyce Fine Art"
www.artgalleries.uk.com/main.ht
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40 Church Lane
Great Bookham Kent KT23 3PW
Enid Lawson Gallery
www.enidlawsongallery.co.uk/
11 New Cavendish Street
London W1G9UD
Francis Iles Gallery
www.francis-iles.com/
44 (0)1634 843222
104 High Street
Rochester Kent ME1 1LX
Ladak...
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Michael Richardson Biography:
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Age
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67
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Committed
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
Church of England |
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| Education |
Undergraduate Work |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Sailing, Reading, Writing, Travel |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Impressionism - (1865 - 1885)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Ken Howard
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| Favorite Work of Art |
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Pissaro, Monet, Sisley, Utrillo, Sargent, Andrew Wyeth, Winslow Homer, Corot, Constable, Turner, Trevor Chamberlain |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Michael Richardson was born in 1943 in North London. His fathers illness forced the family to move out of London after the war ended to Ipswich in Suffolk, a particularly pleasant rural county in the South East of England also known as "Constable Country".
He was encouraged to take further art education on leaving Ipswich School in 1960 and trained at Ipswich School of Art as a sculptor and painter 1960-1962. At this time a keen interest in sailing led him into a career in the marine industry where he specialised in sail design and manufacture.
During this period he maintained his interest in art and returned to full time painting in 1992.
As a result of his marine industry experience he is drawn to subjects containing boats and his knowledge of the way they are designed and built lends authenticity to his marine work.
A prolific output, in watercolour and oils has found homes all over the globe, a large number of which are in America.
He has organised several overseas painting holidays for other artists in France Belgium and Holland. He has also travelled extensively painting throughout Europe, The Far East, Indonesia, New Zealand, Australia and the USA.
His main current interest is in plein air painting enjoying the challenge of working fast in all weathers in front of the subject.
He is a member of the Wapping Group of Artists, probably the oldest outdoor painting society in the UK which numbers several of the most prominent British landscape and marine artists.
He has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, The Royal Society of Marine Artists, The Royal Institute of Oil Painters and The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour at the Mall Galleries in London.
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