Illuminating

Richard Eveleigh

Acrylic on canvas
2023

“My work focuses on duality and is mainly concerned with emphasising the positives in the subjects that I paint.”

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“My acrylic paintings focus on duality. Extreme use of perspective drawing creates feelings of movement and vertigo while a sensitive colour palette suggests a dreamlike idyll. The Moon acts as the light source, casting elongated shadows across uninhabited surfaces. The viewer spies on these desolate scenes from a partly obscured vantage point lending a feel of intrigue and discovery but also of being an interloper.”

Richard Eveleigh

UK based artist, Richard Eveleigh, has exhibited work across the United Kingdom, Europe and South America. He held his first solo exhibition in Salisbury at the Oxfam Art Gallery and has supported many charities through the sale of his work. In London he has shown at the Truman Brewery, The Signal Gallery, at South Kensington as part of "Art Below" and, at Ad Lib Gallery in Wimbledon Village.

Shortly after graduating from the University of Portsmouth in 2011, Richard suffered a series of brain haemorrhages. His work is heavily influenced by this experience and his exploration of "duality" encapsulates this. While a traumatic and disruptive experience it is also a driving and motivating force behind his art. Richard typically uses picturesque scenes in his work including cityscapes, seascapes and, the rural idyll of the English countryside.

Aside from his artistic pursuits, Richard volunteers for Oxfam GB and enjoys walking in the English countryside near his home.

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