Abstract

My first few exhibitions were of abstract paintings. My graduation show involved large canvassses exploring colour and texture. I continued to develop these and in the first 5 years of my painting carear exhibited in London, Barcelona and France.

Forbidden Zone

Richard lived in Famagusta, Cyprus 50 years ago. No one has lived there since then. He has recently been able to revisit the deserted streets to draw and paint.

Studio work

These large scale works reflect on the experience of revisiting the Forbidden Zone.

Where I lived

This is the flat we rented. It has stood empty, quietly disintegrating, for 50 years.

Rainbow Waterfall

In these paintings the idea is to reject all references to images so that all you see is the paint on the surface and experience the colour relationships

Cyprus Memory

whilst painting in cyprus I became involved in capturing the intensity of the colour alongside more delicate colour combinations

Time

It's interesting how abstract painting can evoke emotions and explore a sense of time.

although these abstract paintings use more measured brushstrokes than some of my more gestural work they are very much about paint and the way it soaks into a surface or is scraped or plastered on top