Artist's Biography
Richard Prutton was born in England and is a long-term resident of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is married with two daughters and four grandchildren.
Richard's artwork is held in local private collections and at the Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver.
Richard is a member of the North Shore Artists Guild (NSAG) http://nsartists.ca/ and the North Vancouver Community Arts Council (NVCAC) http://nvartscouncil.ca/home.
Education:
Richard started studying painting with the North Vancouver School Board about 40 years ago while working as a professional mechanical engineer. Over the past fifteen years he has taken classes and workshops and painted en-plein-air with local artist instructors. He admires the skills of the Old Masters and the Impressionists and in particular Joachim Sorrolla y Batista, John Singer-Sargent, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Anders Zorn. He has studied their work and, as a learning exercise, has made copies of works by Raphael, Monet and Renoir. He is interested in the effects of light and of expressive brushstrokes and endeavors to reflect this in his pieces.
Richard studied under the instruction principally of Marilyn Lemon, but also Mark Anthony Sekrijer, James Elton, Frankie Watt and Dene Croft. He has studied art resources both in print and on the internet and attended workshops with artists including Gaye Adams, Leanne Christie, Charlie Easton, and Dene Croft.
Exhibitions:
Pieces have been exhibited at various local locations over the past few years including:
FCA Juried shows: The Vancouver Salon, 2019; Muse, 2019; Active Member Exhibition, 2020; Abstracted 2020; Landscapes 2020; Small Artworks 2020; Shape and Form 2020.
NVCAC: Juried Art Rental, 2014 - 2018, 2020; North Shore Art Crawl, 2016; Juried Annual Wall Calendar, 2017.
NSAG: Annual Fine Art Show, 2013 - 2020; Spring Show, 2013 to 2021; Brushstrokes Gallery, North Vancouver, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018; Park & Tilford Gardens, North Vancouver, 2016, 2018, 2019; Griffin Business Centre, 2017.
Harmony Arts Festival. West Vancouver, 2018. Juried.
West End Community Centre, Vancouver, 2018
North Vancouver District Hall, 2017.
West Vancouver Yacht Club, 2014.
Ferry Building Show, West Vancouver Municipality, July 2013. Juried.
Painters Landing, West Vancouver Municipality, 2016 - 2018, 2020, 2021