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Richard HickmanA small sample of paintings, drawings and

prints 1970-2010Copyright 2011 RD Hickman


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The following slides are in (more or less) chronologicalorder, 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


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Furzechats in a Moorland Thicket

Indian ink/watercolour 24 X 36 approxc1973


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

Gouache on board c1976


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Kitchen Utensils c1977 600X400mm

Acrylic and Cellulose on board

sipping tea in astate ofmundanity, I seea vision ofnormality which

seems totranscend itselfby being theessence of itself.

Almost animatedby there is-ness,seeming to buzzwith a self-assuredness thatthey are what

they are morethan I am ahumanWhaaat?


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January 30th c1978

Cellulose paint on board 2X 4 approx


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Above: The Innate Hostility of Inanimate Objects

Cellulose on board 2X3[approx]

Below: Sit In The Corner

Cellulose on board 2X2 [approx] c1982


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Trapped Sun c1981

Acrylic on board 24 X 18 approx


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Ribbons c1983

Acrylic on board 36 X 48


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Sphere with Orange Splodges Cellulose paint on board 6 X 4

c 1984


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Above L: Splodge upside down R: Splodge downside up

Below L: Splodge inside outR: Splodge outside in

c1984Acrylic & cellulose paint on board12 X 12


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I like a nice landscape [says the beetle]1984

Cellulose on board 500X350mm


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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]


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En plein-aire at Ufton Court,

Summer 1986

Acrylic on board 600X900 approx


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TreeAcrylic on board 6X4 c1986


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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


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The Ghosts of Several Geckoes Number 2

1989 Acrylic on board 6X4


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The City is so Small

1990 Acrylic on board 6X4


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

his folly...Drawings of dogs from Bali, 1991


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Happy Man c1993 Acrylic on board

18 X 24 approx

Now part of the Ash collection, Brighton


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(My Shirt is Alive With) Several Clambering Doggies of

Inappropriate Hue 1994.Acrylic on board2 X 3 (approx)


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Dog Fight -Death may indeed be sweet; it is surely the agent of

liberation from the misery of our furry bodies

Acrylic on board2 X 31994

From the collection of Professor Allan Walker


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Beware of Circumstances, for one day they will Conspire to Defeat your

Sanity (Corvus frugilegus frugileus)

c1995. Acrylic on board 24 X 18 approx


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Dancing with Bones Monoprint on canvas

14 X 18 (approx) c2003


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Impenetrable Blackness 2002

Oil on canvas 250X300mm


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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent

Oil on canvas 42 X 54 2010 (with assistance from Allan Walker)


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Exhibitions

'Solo' Exhibitions

Bad Art: The Zebra, Maid's Causeway, Cambridge 2009

Diverse Artworks: Kings College Cambridge, 2004

Sex n Dogs n Rocks n Coal: Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading, 1994

Squeezing the Tubes : British Council, Singapore, 1990

Twelve Months Work: The Loseby Gallery, Leicester, 1985

Recent Work: The Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, 1979

Paintings and Prints: Blackthorn Gallery, Leicester, 1978

Mixed Exhibitions

Its Your Turn, Kettles Yard, Cambridge, UK 2000

Homerton College, Cambridge, UK 1997

Invited group Exhibition, Gun St. Gallery, Reading 1995

Invited Group Exhibition, Reading Public Library 1995

Art in Focus - Reading Visual Arts 1993

University of Reading Art Gallery, Reading 1993

Orchard Point Gallery, Singapore 1990

Northern Territories Crafts Council, Darwin, Australia 1989

Orchard Point Gallery, Singapore 1989

Dieppe Town Hall, France 1982

Beaumanor Hall, Leics., UK 1982

Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, UK 1979

Tamworth Castle, UK 1975

Nottingham Castle, UK 1974

Art works in public collections

Berkshire LEA;

British Council, Singapore;

Leics LEA;

Wollaton Hall, Nottingham;

Homerton College, Cambridge;

Cambridge University Faculty of Education.

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