Richard Hickman

A small sample of paintings, drawings and prints 1970-2010

Copyright 2011 RD Hickman

The following slides are in (more or less) chronological order, starting with this first attempt at an etching, moving through various styles and continuing to evolve, with some constant themes.

Rock Garden, Etching on zinc,1970

Furzechats in a Moorland Thicket Indian ink/watercolour 24 X 36 approx c1973

Above: Back of Donnington St. 3 X 2 Below: Sunset over Rooftops Highfields 4 X 2 Gouache on board c1976

sipping tea in a state of mundanity, I see a vision of normality which seems to transcend itself by being the essence of itself. Almost animated by there is-ness, seeming to buzz with a selfassuredness that they are what they are more than I am a human Whaaat?

Kitchen Utensils c1977 600X400mm Acrylic and Cellulose on board

January 30th c1978 Cellulose paint on board 2X 4 approx

Above: The Innate Hostility of Inanimate Objects Cellulose on board 2X3 [approx] Below: Sit In The Corner Cellulose on board 2X2 [approx] c1982

Trapped Sun c1981 Acrylic on board 24 X 18 approx

Ribbons c1983 Acrylic on board 36 X 48

Sphere with Orange Splodges Cellulose paint on board 6 X 4 c 1984

Above L: Splodge upside down R: Splodge downside up Below L: Splodge inside out R: Splodge outside in c1984 Acrylic & cellulose paint on board12 X 12

I like a nice landscape [says the beetle] 1984 Cellulose on board 500X350mm

Black Country Bridge c1985 Mixed media 500X350mm

I remember a brook polluted bright yellow at the end of the street; it must have been reasonably life-sustaining as I saw rats there.
[from Hickman, R. (2010). Self portrait - An account of the artist as educator. International Journal of Education and the Arts, 11 (2) 1-15]

En plein-aire at Ufton Court, Summer 1986 Acrylic on board 600X900 approx

Tree Acrylic on board 6X4 c1986

Singapore 1988-1991

I did over 30 large (6X4) paintings based on the primary jungle of Bukit Timah. This one is called The Ghosts of Several Geckoes Flying in the Jungle

The Ghosts of Several Geckoes Number 2 1989 Acrylic on board 6X4

The City is so Small 1990 Acrylic on board 6X4

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly...

Drawings of dogs from Bali, 1991

Happy Man c1993 Acrylic on board 18 X 24 approx Now part of the Ash collection, Brighton

(My Shirt is Alive With) Several Clambering Doggies of Inappropriate Hue 1994. Acrylic on board 2 X 3 (approx)

Dog Fight -Death may indeed be sweet; it is surely the agent of liberation from the misery of our furry bodies Acrylic on board 2 X 3 1994 From the collection of Professor Allan Walker

Beware of Circumstances, for one day they will Conspire to Defeat your Sanity (Corvus frugilegus frugileus) c1995. Acrylic on board 24 X 18 approx

Dancing with Bones Monoprint on canvas 14 X 18 (approx) c2003

Impenetrable Blackness 2002 Oil on canvas 250X300mm

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent Oil on canvas 42 X 54 2010 (with assistance from Allan Walker)

Exhibitions
'Solo' Exhibitions Bad Art: The Zebra, Maid's Causeway, Cambridge Diverse Artworks: Kings College Cambridge, Sex n Dogs n Rocks n Coal : Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading, Squeezing the Tubes : British Council, Singapore, Twelve Months Work : The Loseby Gallery, Leicester, Recent Work : The Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, Paintings and Prints: Blackthorn Gallery, Leicester, Mixed Exhibitions Its Your Turn, Kettles Yard, Cambridge, UK Homerton College, Cambridge, UK Invited group Exhibition, Gun St. Gallery, Reading Invited Group Exhibition, Reading Public Library Art in Focus - Reading Visual Arts University of Reading Art Gallery, Reading Orchard Point Gallery, Singapore Northern Territories Crafts Council, Darwin, Australia Orchard Point Gallery, Singapore Dieppe Town Hall, France Beaumanor Hall, Leics., UK Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, UK Tamworth Castle, UK Nottingham Castle, UK Art works in public collections Berkshire LEA; British Council, Singapore; Leics LEA; Wollaton Hall, Nottingham; Homerton College, Cambridge; Cambridge University Faculty of Education. 2009 2004 1994 1990 1985 1979 1978 2000 1997 1995 1995 1993 1993 1990 1989 1989 1982 1982 1979 1975 1974