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Welcome to the
R Young
Art website, an online art gallery featuring the original, fine art oil paintings,
sketches, drawings and pastel artwork produced by
myself,
Richard
Young. The style of my artwork is modern, yet
classical / traditional and occasionally contemporary. The
composition and technique I use is influenced and inspired
by the realism and romanticism of my favourite post
renaissance classical Masters and their wonderful, timeless
masterpieces. Especially Bouguereau, as his artwork was full of
beauty and passion... Predominantly figurative and
of females, the
tendency of my artwork is towards carefully composed anonymity,
capturing the emotions and self belief of the subject, rather than
characteristic individual representation. The creation of figurative
artwork not only depicts the emotions of the artist, it transforms the
artist's emotions. Also, it is far easier for all of us to carefully
scrutinize figurative artwork and judge its anatomical
accuracy, often creating a more personal understanding of specific
favourite pieces. My
figurative
artwork
is full of passion and is occasionally sensual. My
ballerinas and flamenco / belly / tango dancers
are passionate, moody, atmospheric and emotional, with a frozen realism. My
musicians and singers come alive in
their passionate performance. My
wildlife is alive, though it's a
project very much in its infancy at the moment. My preferred lighting, shading and
contrast are dramatic. I simply adore light and am fascinated with its
arguably undue influence on any subject. After all, without light, what
is art? Unlike the vast majority of past and current artists, I delve
extensively between the extremes of highlights and lowlights in my
artwork in a chiaroscuro technique, occasionally minimalist, often
leaving the viewer's mind to complete the picture and to add depth. I
always strive to create an atmosphere and passion in whatever I produce
using traditional methods and techniques, at the
highest possible quality and using mostly a knife, very occasionally a brush, canvas and a very
limited colour palette of oil paint or pastels, often alla prima, mixing only on
the canvas!
Whether you're a
collector, you appreciate the
creativity and value of fine art, or you're simply an admirer of skilful
and talented visual arts, purchasing, owning and living with an original
artistic creation is an exciting and extremely personal
experience, be it a sensual figure study, ballerina,
dancer, a portrait, or any other form of
painting or
print. It is also both satisfying and fulfilling, a way of
seeing the world differently, seeing yourself differently,
opening and challenging your thoughts to a different
perspective and wider dimension, arousing your senses and
stimulating your mind, let alone uniquely transforming an
area of your home to one that you can truly be proud of. Art
should be viewed, pondered,
admired, exhibited,
proudly
displayed, carefully scrutinized, and in order to benefit to
the fullest extent possible, it should be understood
from the perspective of its creator - the professional
artist. This is obviously not always quite as simple as it
seems, though if a viewer has similar feelings to me about art,
he or she will connect with my artwork and better understand me. Art is a thing of beauty, not just a
high quality
investment. My
website,
galleries that display my artwork,
and
exhibitions, should hopefully be a friendly and
enjoyable place to look at some of my artwork, irrespective
of whether you are interested in
purchasing
either an
original or a
print.
I personally invite all art
lovers of the purest form, whether you're an
established or
prospective client, a corporate buyer, a student, an individual seeking
knowledge, or you're simply interested in discovering more
about my exclusive artwork, to
come into my world, enjoy my
finest oil paintings and pastels, and find out more. And thank you for taking the
time to visit my website, please do visit again, as new artwork
is usually added monthly.
Please select one of the
gallery links above to view a collection of my recent original
fine art. Most are of beautiful dancers and sensual models, and some are
commissions, where
kindly permitted by the customer. All with a varying amount of realism. I also have an Archive Originals Gallery.
If you need access, please let me know. The
links to the left are for
general information, a guide to the more common
art terminology, and of course to progress an
order
for either an
original or
print. Also you may download
a
beautiful
free 2015 calendar and some
free Wallpaper for your computer.
Further, I
also offer large format high resolution digital
scanning services to Artists. And please don't hesitate to
contact
me to let me know what you think of my website and
artwork.
Last updated
in May 2016 to
add
New Artwork
and an upcoming
Exhibition.
Meanwhile, remember to treat yourself to some
superb quality, traditional fine art or even a
print? Go on,
you deserve it, as an anniversary / birthday present or simply a special gift for someone
you know. You owe it to yourself...
Note
that all of my original artwork within the above galleries is supplied
framed at no additional charge and
delivery / shipping is mostly free...
In closing, I
can do no better than to quote one of my favourite literary
artists Oscar Wilde: "The pleasure that one has in
creating a work of art is a purely personal pleasure, and
it is for the sake of this pleasure that one creates. The
artist works with his eye on the object. Nothing else
interests him. What people are likely to say does not
even occur to him. He is fascinated by what he
has in hand. He is indifferent to others. If my work
pleases the few, I am gratified. If it does not, it causes
me no pain."
Please be
aware that this website contains some images suitable only for sensible
adults. If you are
not of legal age to view such material, or if you have
connected to this website from a country, location or ISP that
prohibits viewing such images, or if you find such images to
be in any way offensive, please
leave this website.
Richard
Young
- FRSA
