Richard Thorn : Limited Editions
Like most children, Richard liked to draw.
He remembers being in hospital when he was five and to relieve the boredom of the long stay, he passed the time drawing. There was a lot of positive feedback both from school and parents with regard to his seeming ‘gift’. These affirmations proved to be the spark that lit the fire, as from then on he says, “drawing seemed to be as natural as eating”. Trips to Dartmoor with the family proved to be a source of inspiration. Those early images of the rugged hills and streams provided the prima materia for his affinity with nature and landscape.
Richard was born in Torquay and naturally, the sea figured prominently in his young life. As a result the sea is a constant source of subject matter. Richard is an intuitive artist, preferring to paint from ‘feeling’ rather than an academic standpoint. “I love the poetry of the land and the sea. The associations are strong and deep and I try to convey this in my work”.
Composition and contrast are the keys to inspire me to paint a subject. “As I get older, I feel an increasing need to incorporate drama into my work. Light and dark passages, contra jour and strong composition serve to help me achieve this end. I feel too that my drawing has gradually become more expressive which adds vitality to this dramatic motivation. I have never been a watercolour ‘purist’, although I greatly admire the exponents of this genre. My prime objectives are not purely technique but a desire to convey the myriad, textures that exist in nature and to achieve this I like to incorporate other media into my work such as acrylic, body-colour, pastel, ink, coloured crayon and even the humble biro. Some of these mediums are relatively new to me but they are increasingly becoming the norm in my paintings. I think that art is a moving thing, not only from a technical point-of-view but also from an emotional one. My intention is to move with these changes and hopefully make statements that are relevant to my perceptions of the world and who I am”.
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Teign Light
£218.00
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Meadfoot Morning
£486.00
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Deep in Dartmoor
£196.00
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Beacon Cove Surf
£245.00
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A Languid Summer
£184.00
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Golden River
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November on the Teign
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Autumn Reflections
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Early Autumn
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River Peace
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River Light
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In the Blue Wood
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The Shining Weir
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The Still of Afternoon
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Dreaming River
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Cool Glade
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River Garden
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Slumber woods
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Autumn River
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River Calm
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In the Heart of the Country
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A Walk through the Shadows
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Spring Clearing
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Cool Avenue
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Lane Side
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The Quiet of Autumn
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Into the Autumn Morning
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Over the Valleys of Tors
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Winter Log Delivery
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Along the Ridge Road
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Busy Morning in the Bay
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Tale of two Rivers
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On the Banks
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In the March Light
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Zawn Surf
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White Vista
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Fingle Bridge
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Islands in the Stream
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Orchard Gold
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Bantham Surf
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Around St. Marys
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Surf in the Summer Breeze
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Late Players on the Slipway
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On The Evening Tide
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Houses of Parliament
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Lambeth Bridge
£196.00
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Deep Summer
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Muted Colours of Early Spring
£435.00
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Meadow River
£335.00
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Blue Creek
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Cross Tides
£276.00
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Breakers
£276.00
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November River
£445.00
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Quiet River
£449.00
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Prelude to an Afternoon of a Faun
£285.00
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Golden Afternoon
£345.00
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A Light Fall on the Moor
£345.00
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Up through the woods
£445.00
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Under August Skies
£245.00
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River Song
£345.00
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In the Westering Light
£295.00
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Back to Dartmouth
£435.00
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August Fields
£225.00
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Along the Meadow Path
£445.00
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Afternoon by the River
£245.00
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The Grass is Greener
£345.00
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The Dart near Holne Bridge
£345.00
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Spring River
£335.00
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River Bend
£435.00
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Slumber
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In the Autumn Sun
£335.00
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Gently through the Wood
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Hazy River
£435.00
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Fresh Day (Start Point)
£435.00
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Evening sets in
£345.00
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Blue Wood
£345.00
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Autumn Contre-jour
£435.00
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Almost Spring
£245.00
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A Cloudless Day
£435.00
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