RICHARD HEAD

Open until 5 July 2005

Special Open Sunday: 5th June 11am - 2pm
when he will be at the Gallery in person

In the 1980s Richard Head approached us with his work, mostly oils, gouaches and drawings of landscapes. Had he not been recommended to us by John Piper and Keith Grant, we might not have recognised their subtlety, since on first impressions they appeared to be conventional. As we discovered, they are distinctively his own interpretations, using sophisticated composition and colour. The drawings, many with bold sepia wash, show emotionally intense line.

His art training culminated in a DipAD course at Bristol Polytechnic (see cat. 7), where he won the David Murray Scholarship from the R.A. Schools (1973) for landscape painting. Prior to this, he did Foundation at West Surrey College of Art, after reading anthropology at Magdalene College, Cambridge. We were aware that he was educated at Eton but, being modest, he did not tell us of the art awards he had won there, including the Harmsworth, the Gunther and the School Drawing (1967) Prizes.

Richard HeadHe has exhibited widely, both solo and mixed, including at Eton, the R.A. Summer Exhibition (1979), the Royal Society of Marine Artists, the New English Art Club, the United Society of Artists and various venues in Surrey, where he lives. He has shown in at least three commercial London dealers. His work is in private hands nationwide, and in two Collections at Eton College, the archives of Bristol Polytechnic, and the University of Victoria, B.C., Canada. When not being an artist, Richard Head is a gardener (see cat. nos. 12, 15, 21, 22, 25 & 31) at RHS Wisley . He was born in 1951.

We have exhibited Richard's work regularly for close on 20 years, including a one-man show in 1995, and are pleased to invite him to launch 'The First' Gallery's new venture on the Web. Once the Gallery exhibition finishes, this site will remain to view afterwards, but only showing those pictures still available for sale.

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  1. KONG OSCAR'S GATE, BERGEN, Norway 1980 gouache 27 x 40.5 £255
  2. VIEW NORTH FROM CASOLE D'ELSA, TOWARDS SAN GIMIGNANO, Tuscany 1989 gouache, watercolour & pencil 34.5 x 22 £240
  3. • CAMPAGNOLA SIENESE 2004 gouache 36 x 38.5 £210 •
  4. KERVOR FROM THE POURBILLY ROAD, nr. MUZILLAC, MORBIHAN, BRETAGNE, France 1991 oil on board 61.5 x 61 £750
  5. BEDROOM WINDOW, ROSE COTTAGE, QUARLEY, Hampshire 1978 oil on canvas 46.5 x 61.5 £540
  6. AN ITALIAN WINDOW AT CASOLE D'ELSA 2003 gouache 41.5 x 30 £195
  7. CORRIDOR, BRISTOL POLYTECHNIC 1972 oil on board 36 x 26.5 £300
  8. LYDIA EVA, TRAWLER YH89, AT St. KATHARINE'S DOCKS, Pool of London 1984 pen & ink 19.5 x 27 £96
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  9. PRESBYTERY, DURNESS, Scotland pre-1984 gouache & indian ink 14.5 x 20.5 £150
  10. HAYSTACKS, CASOLE D'ELSA, ITALY 1989 ink & wash 22 x 33 £165
  11. TERRACE OF OLD PEOPLE'S HOME, CASOLE D'ELSA, nr. Siena, Italy 2004 gouache 22.5 x 35.5 £225
  12. INSIDE THE PALM HOUSE AT KEW GARDENS 1980s ink & wash 27.5 x 19.5 £135
  13. THE BIRDCAGE AT CASOLE D'ELSA 1989 indian ink & wash 30 x 20.5 £165
  14. URN AT POLESDEN LACEY, nr. Dorking 1992 oil on board 56.5 x 41 £495
  15. CTENANTHE OPPENHEIMIANA (NEVER-NEVER PLANT), R.H.S. WISLEY 1979 / 80 indian ink & wash 25.5 x 20.5 £135
  16. Study for GIRL JEAN AT ARBROATH, SCOTLAND 1985 gouache 27.5 x 20 £165
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  17. St. MAWES, Cornwall, LOOKING TOWARDS PERCUIL 1990 gouache 28.5 x 44.5 £285
  18. THE WELL AT WELL, nr. BENTLEY, HANTS. 1994 ink & wash 38 x 26 £195
  19. St. NICHOLAS', PYRFORD, Surrey 1996 ink & wash 36 x 48 £255
  20. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AT ETON 1994 oil on board 56.5 x 41 £495
  21. INTERIOR OF THE PALM HOUSE AT KEW 1984 oil on canvas 76.5 x 46 £750
  22. OUR GARDEN AT PROVIDENCE PLACE, Pyrford 1997 oil on board 61.5 x 62 £750
  23. THE JETTY AT KINLOCHMOIDART, INVERNESS-SHIRE, Scotland 1992 & 93 indian ink 26.5 x 41 £150
  24. THE OLD LIMEKILN, BODDIN POINT, LUNAN BAY, Angus, Scotland 1998 coloured inks 38 x 26.5 £200
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  25. • SEVEN ACRES SHED AT R.H.S. GARDEN, WISLEY 1988 sepia line & wash 36.5 x 25 £200 •
  26. VIEW ABOVE MOCKBEGGARS BARN, NEAR WISBOROUGH GREEN AND BEDHAM, West Sussex 1985 indian ink & wash 19.5 x 22 £195
  27. KITCHEN AT PROVIDENCE PLACE 1995 indian ink & sepia wash 36 x 27.5 £195
  28. UNDER THE ROOFS OF POWERSTOCK, Dorset 1990s sepia 39 x 31.5 £240
  29. • MALLAIG HARBOUR, SCOTLAND 1985 indian ink & wash 22.5 x 30.5 £180 •
  30. BOBBINS SHOP, WHITBY, N. Yorks. (WESLEYAN CHAPEL) 1997 sepia line & wash 41 x 29 £195
  31. L'ORTO DI CASOLE 2004 ink & wash 35 x 22 £180
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