W&N materials used
Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colour
About Richard Whincop
Richard was born in Fordingbridge in Hampshire in 1964. He was always keen on drawing and painting, and took Art 'A' level at Bishop Wordsworth’s Grammar School in Salisbury.
He began working as an artist after graduating in Art History at York University in 1986, moving to Glasgow in 1988 where he taught part-time at Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities until 1995. From 1996 to 2004 he executed commissioned paintings and sculptures for Restaurants, Bars and clubs throughout Scotland.
In 2005 he began to exhibit a series of works that juxtaposed people and works of art, and now shows regularly with galleries in Glasgow, Dublin and London.
His concern for the environment led him to try Winsor & Newton's Artisan Water Mixable Oil Colour, which does not require volatile solvents, and found he enjoyed its properties. He uses it to build up rich layers of glazes using the fast-drying medium, which enables him to work on a picture without having to wait too long for each layer to dry.
Richard Whincop's Work
Richard's recent work looks at what happens when people come face to face with the art and architecture of the past.
His paintings explore our ambivalent relationship with the past, how we connect to or feel alienated by our cultural heritage. In some pictures the juxtaposition of exhibits and gallery visitors brings together the different worlds of past and present, and a clash of values seems to take place; in others, the boundary between the two worlds seems to break down and they seem to merge into one.
Richard's compositions often create a deliberately restricted view of the figures and settings, making them ambiguous or even unidentifiable. They leave enigmatic clues or hints as to who and where the figures are, and what they are looking at (or not looking at, as the case may be) - like the fragmentary elements of a dream that viewers can piece together into scenarios of their own.
For further information on Richard Whincop visit:
www.richardwhincop.co.uk