R Young Art

        

My name is Richard Young, I am a British national, born in Yorkshire in 1961, and now based in North Devon, UK where I have my office and studio.

Though I have always had a flair for pencil and chalk drawing, I began oil painting at the age of 12, studied hard, developed a talent and practiced in every spare moment, enjoying early regional competition success and media publicity for my work in the North of England. Fortunately, my tutors recognized my skill and encouraged me to undertake both my Ordinary and Advanced level art exams a few years earlier than my peers, which I passed with the top grades. Being financially driven at that time, in 1983 I graduated in engineering and with a passion to travel, I initially pursued a career as a design consultant with various International design consulting companies, residing primarily in the Middle East. Nevertheless, an artisan at heart, I returned to Commercial Art several years ago as a semi professional freelance artist, and have extensively developed artistry and my own personal style through exhaustive self tuition and 'burning' the midnight oil. I actively display my artwork in my website, galleries, magazine publications, shows and exhibitions and have recently been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts.

I am a member of the following Societies and Organizations, for which I adhere fully to their requirements:

Royal Society for Arts (RSA - Fellowship No. 6006459)
Fine Art Trade Guild (Member No. 5727)
Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS)
North Devon Arts (Member No. 370)

In addition and as a minimum, I adhere fully to the requirements of The Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000.

I also regularly contribute to several art forums such as Deviant Art, where I certainly receive 'interesting' feedback to my artwork from fellow artists, photographers, students, admirers and critiques... I was also fortunate enough to be voted as Best Traditional Artist by other forum members on their website. Here's the interview they did with me afterwards. Here's also an interesting interview with Open Magazine, and yes, I'm a Rolf Harris fan..! And here's an interview recently conducted by International Art Treasures web magazine in relation to my current solo art exhibition.

"The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow." - Kurt Vonnegut

In the words of Shakespeare himself: "The excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in their close relationship with beauty and truth." As for me, I just love the smell of oil paint in the morning...