NEW Richard Richardson Paintings!

In the KEYS "Ornithology, Wildlife Sale" on 7th September, I was lucky enough to outbid all other parties involved and purchased three RAR paintings after a fast and furious bidding challenge! Richard's paintings rarely come up for sale, so I was over the moon and very excited indeed, when I realised I had purchased all three! It was the first time I had bid in an on-line auction, so it was all a bit scary and nail biting to be honest – although utterly thrilling too!

All three painting's frames and mounts were in a very poor state and were more than probably in the original frames. One was of Brent Geese, Pintail and Wigeon flying over Halfway House at Blakeney Point – a serene and beautiful scene. The second was of a stunning Redstart with damage around the main picture, but I knew this could be cropped out with a new mount and frame, without spoiling the painting. I had viewed these paintings the day before the sale, when I dropped off our family writing desk and chair to be sold. The third, exquisitely painted Rustic Bunting, was in an unusual round and bevelled frame, of which I was told was an antique frame and could be sold for around £40 just by itself, but I decided I wanted it re-framed.

So with advice from Keys and close friends, I headed to Picturecraft at Holt and took all three to be re-framed. Lucy who works there, was extremely helpful and has an excellent eye for what goes and what doesn't. After chatting with her, I discovered she had been to the Norwich School of Art and I then told her I had been to Great Yarmouth College of Art & Design. Creatively together, we made an excellent team I felt and after a considerable amount of time in the shop, we came up with the best mounts and frames for these stunning works of Richard's, with valuable input and advice from the owner Michael. In fact when I collected them a few weeks later, I had a tear in my eye, which may sound over the top, but I was so pleased with the finished results! So much so, I then took other paintings to be re-framed (see next post) and more to be submitted.

At Keys Auctioneers, the day before the sale

 

  

 

 

 Screenshots of the paintings on the Keys Website

 

 

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After the old frame was removed

Notes Richard had written on the back of the painting

I don't know who "Aunt Louie" was? Any help with this, will be very much appreciated

 

Given to Brent Johnson, who presumably lived at Ingworth

(I was told it was Brent Johnson by the owner of Picturecraft)

Pintail, Brent Geese and Wigeon

Halfway House, Blakeney Point – 1952

RICHARD RICHARDSON

 

Completed framing by Picturecraft of Holt

Finished with "ArtGlass"

After the old frame was removed

This picture caused quite a lot of issues, as it would have been cropped far too close to the bird, had I cropped out the round outer circle of colour, so I decided it was best to finish it with corners showing, in order to leave plenty of space around the bird.

From a distance you can't really notice the corners, honest!

 

Fascinating to see that RAR had made invaluable notes on the backs of the paintings, including the dates of the Rustic Bunting being seen on 10th-13th September 1958 at Blakeney Point and even the ring number: K11949!

Checked with Dawn B. of BTO and not re-trapped anywhere else – thank you very much.

 

Detail of the Rustic Bunting

 

Rustic Bunting

 Blakeney Point – 10th-13th September, 1958

RICHARD RICHARDSON

 

Completed framing by Picturecraft of Holt

Finished with "ArtGlass"

After the old frame was removed

 

Redstart

location unknown, 1954

RICHARD RICHARDSON

  

Completed framing by Picturecraft of Holt

Finished with "ArtGlass"

 

 

Huge thanks to Picturecraft for their excellent service!