Gratitude
Richard Heley
Acrylic on Board
“Happiness is the path of least resistance to manifesting your desires.”
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“I am a fine art painter, usually working in acrylic on canvas, paper, board. Line drawing has been a constant throughout my adult life often washed over with acrylic paint. I am also a poet, songwriter, storywriter, “live” performance painter and I have painted more than 60 murals interactively with children in UK, USA, Australia & South Africa. I bring the colours of Australia where I spent my teenage and college years, the wild psychedelia of the 60’s and 70’s, the delight in painting interactively with children, the spiritual expansion of an internationally performing poetry slam champion, the sheer energy of painting “live” in nightclubs at 142 beats a minute and a lifetime’s practice of vibrational alignment with the infinite possibilities of source energy and letting those vibes fall out of me onto canvas or paper. I hope that my paintings confirm that the path of least resistance to manifesting your desires is happiness.”
Website: Richard Heley
Instagram: @richardartist0
Richard Heley
B 29.05.1950 Bedfordshire, UK
1965 Migrated with family to Melbourne Australia
1969-73 Melbourne College of Education (Specialist art & craft teacher training - graduated
1973 Higher Diploma of teaching (art & craft))
1974 Returned to live in West London
1974-2023 Worked as teacher, workshop leader, builder, artist.
Experience
1974-2024
Fine art painter producing acrylic on canvas and paper, pencil drawings, poet, storywriter, songwriter
60+ interactive paintings with children aged 4 -16 in UK, USA, Australia, SouthAfrica In schools, festivals, galleries, nightclubs, community workshops
Including Interactive paintings at Glastonbury Festival, Notting Hill Carnival, London Zoo, Austin International poetry festival USA, Houston International Poetry Festival USA, Birmingham School for the Deaf, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Nottingham
45 years of leading workshops in art and poetry
UK poetry slam champion 1997
International performance poet with 5 tours of USA
Curated: Maida Hill Place Gallery, London and Jasmine Cottage Gallery, Derby