Richard
Price BA Hons
At
11 years of age Richard started painting and drawing from observation the
fishing fleet at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Encouraged to simply paint ‘anything’
he quickly was drawn to paint atmospheric conditions and light effects.
His
childhood heroes were Vic Ellis and Sheila Fairman. Later he studied at
Portsmouth – where he developed an interest in figure painting, interiors
and portraiture. In fact his degree show was a show of portraits and figure
paintings. The everyday people, situations and places were his subjects.
Richard then moved to London and worked as a production design lecturer at
the London International Film School having had an intensive period of
instruction from his mentors Peter Proud (Production Designer) and Gareth
Jones.
In
2001 he started to make his own images again. Back in the life room and very
much motivated and encouraged by his new mentor John Bowen he soon resumed
his painting.
Richard has shown work at the NEAC, R.O.I., R.S.M.A, R.W.A. annual open’s
and the “Not the RA Summer Show”. He currently has work with Manya Igel
Fine Arts and various other galleries. In 2005 he won the Charles Pears
memorial award for best painting by a non member at the R.S.M.A.
Richard also teaches part-time and values highly the stimulus of his
students.
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