Award-winning
landscape artist Richard Clare is known for his colourful and
dynamic paintings of the northern landscape of England, and
more recently of Tuscany where he lives most of the time. Making
most of the hot climate, Richard paints plein-air. For his moorland
inspired works, he goes back several times a year to his studio
in Delph, on the edge of the English Pennines, creating his
vibrant paintings from memory or sketches (never photographs),
using colours which are not normally associated with the British
landscape. Many people believe they depict the landscape better
than real life.
For Richard, the final picture is only
one part of the painting process, since he spends a lot of time
sketching, walking in the landscape and soaking up the atmosphere.
Back in the studio, inspired by these sketches and his emotions,
he paints very quickly to get these impressions down on canvas.
Hence his preference for using acrylics and oils applied predominantly
with painting knives to create soft watercolour effects and
heavy impasto marks. |
Richard Clare
A Magic Moment
Acrylic on Canvas |
Richard Clare
Over the Moors & Beyond
Acrylic on Canvas |
Richard Clare
Sunset Over Derbyshire Hamlet 
Acrylic on Canvas
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Richard Clare
Burnt Moorland
Acrylic on Canvas |
Richard Clare
Just Me and the Moors
Acrylic on Canvas |
Richard Clare
Rain Lashed Moors
Acrylic on Canvas
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Richard Clare
River Lune, Lancashire
Acrylic on Canvas |
Richard Clare
Eroded Moorland
Acrylic on Canvas |
Richard Clare
Lakeland Hills
Acrylic on Canvas
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Richard Clare
Red Cast Iron Bridge near Sankeys Soap
Acrylic on Canvas |
Richard Clare
Rolling
Hills of the White Peak
Acrylic on Canvas |
Richard Clare
Sunny Sunday on the Canal
Acrylic on Canvas
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| In a very
short space of time, Richard has gained a reputation for high
quality, exciting and dynamic paintings. He has received media
attention in national magazines and his artworks are included
in many private collections throughout Britain and more recently
in France, Italy, Spain and China. The painting 'It's Raining
Again!' was voted Favourite Painting at the Chairman's preview
in the prestigious Laing Landscape and Seascape Art Competition
in 2001, at The Mall Galleries, London.
Richard was a 2006 Finalist in a competition
organised by International Artist Magazine. Over 3000 entries
were received from all over the world and they selected only
13 Finalists! The winning painting (Sunset over Derbyshire Hamlet)
was featured in the Feb/March issue of the magazine |
