Well-known wildlife artist, Richard Allen, is set to host an exhibition showcasing his work later this year.
Richard is a professional artist and illustrator living in the Essex coastal town of Wivenhoe. He has a passion for the wildlife of the east-coast marshes and estuaries, and spends many hours in the field sketching the multitude of birds that flock to the muddy creeks and channels.
A member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, Richard also won the prestigious Birdwatch and SWAROVSKI OPTIK Artist of the Year Award at the 2023 Natural Eye exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London.
Richard Allen SWLA sketching in the field at Alresford Creek, Essex.
The exhibition, entitled Wings and Water, will take place in Wivenhoe from 20-25 September [2024].
This will be Richard’s first one-man show and will showcase new oil paintings inspired by the patterns found in birds’ plumages, mirrored in mud and water against the ever-changing light of seasons, weather and tides on the Colne Estuary. It will present a range of linocut prints from Richard’s successful books, Coastal Birds and Garden Birds, alongside some new more recent prints and a series of sketches documenting the birds at a local lake during this spring and summer.
Richard will be attending the gallery every day. He will be running some watercolour sketchbook demonstrations and continuing on some ‘work in progress’ pieces.
Exhibition details
Wings and Water runs from 20-25 September 2024 at Old Grocery in Wivenhoe, Essex (48 High Street; CO7 9AZ). The exhibition will be open from 10 am-5 pm daily. A private view takes place from 6 pm-8 pm on 19 September.
‘Avocet Reflections’ by Richard Allen SWLA.
Sketches of a local vagrant Green-winged Teal by Richard Allen SWLA.
