Hello and welcome to my website which is aimed at giving you a brief insight into my art.
I'm interested in shapes colours and patterns, and I find that oil paint is my favourite medium. My inspiration comes from the world around me, things seen and I try to achieve a simple, concentrated image. To see some of my paintings please follow these links: My Paintings;
More of my work and that of other artists can be found here:- http://www.axisartists.org/
and here:- Art in The Mill, Green Dragon Yard, Knaresborough HG5 8AU 01423 862963. http://www.artinthemill.co.uk/
I can be contacted via this email address: dick_buckle@msn.com
All my work is subject to copyright and can not be used without my written permission
I love to paint; specially flowers, landscape and still-life. In the past I was fascinated by the influence coal mining had on the landscape and I produced a lot of work. Unfortunately most of the local collieries have closed and their sites have been landscaped. However there is a renewed interest in coal and just possibly I will be given more chances in the future.
I begin with an idea from something seen. Sometimes the idea is very clear but often I have no more than a feeling. Then I work on the picture until it takes on its own identity. The act of painting becomes a process of refinement or even discovery.
I aim to produce simple, dramatic shapes, strong, harmonious colours and interesting patterns. I am not a methodical painter. For me it's more instinctive so I work on something until it looks right to my eye and true to my original idea. I am happy, if when the painting is finished, it conveys or echos and reflects my original thoughts. Sometimes it just doesn't happen, the work peters out and is scrapped.
Long after a painting is finished I may look at it and feel separated from it, it has taken on a life of it's own. To me that is a success.
I use oils, painting on canvas or wood; the sizes varying from 20 cm by 15 cm to 100 cm by 80 cm. I always work in my studio usually listening to the radio. When doing a landscape I make drawings and take photographs in situ then paint in the studio. All other work is done from life. I usually have two or three paintings in progress and as I work fairly slowly it can take me a couple of months to complete a medium sized picture.
My influences are mainly artistic:
Renaissance painters; Particularly Giotto, Piero della Francesca, Fra Angelico.
Twentieth century british painters; Particularly Spencer, Bomberg and Uglow.
I qualified from the Slade School in 1969 with a diploma in Fine Art and autographic printmaking. I live and work in Doncaster and I have painted for over 40 years, and exhibited my work locally and nationally since 1980. My exhibitions include the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Hunting Group and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. I have also organised two solo touring exhibitions of my coal mining images. My work is in private collections, Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery and the National Coalmining Museum for England.
Thank you for reading this, if you want to know more email me. dick_buckle@msn.com