Richard Young
United Kingdom, 1961
Artist's works
Artist Introduction
Continuous
Dance with confidence
Peerless Dancer
Dance
Introduction and Experience
Born and currently residing in the UK in 1961, the artist is 60 years old. He graduated with a degree in engineering in 1983 and is an avid traveler. He possessed artistic talent from a young age, beginning oil painting at age 12. He served as a design consultant for major international design consultancies in the Middle East before returning to the commercial art world in 2003, where he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. His style is realist, influenced and inspired by post-Renaissance Romanticism. He employs strong contrasts and dramatic light and shadow, using only palette knives and limited paints to directly mix colors on the canvas to capture the emotions and muscular tension of his subjects, resulting in works that are both mysterious and elegant yet intensely passionate. To date, as of 2020, he has participated in at least 55 group and solo exhibitions (including 13 art fairs) and received 23 awards (including two first prizes). This year marks his seventh participation in the Taipei New Art Fair since 2012.
Exhibitions and Awards
In 2019, his painting Secret Rehearsal was shortlisted for the Art In The City Open Competition, and the original was exhibited in the beautiful Gloucester Cathedral.
In 2019, the painting Mystique was a finalist in the Visual Art Open competition and was exhibited at the Chester Arts Fair. It was one of six works selected from more than 1,000 entries.
In 2018, she received the Excellence Award at the 29th Artavita Online Art Competition (ranked among the top 50 out of 607 artists) for her works including Freedom, Mystique, Private Dancer, and Composure.
In 2018, she received the Excellence Award at the 27th Artavita Online Art Competition (ranked among the top 50 out of 604 artists) for works including Individuality, With Deftness, Demure Ballerina, and Serene Tranquillity.
In 2018, her painting Serene Tranquillity was shortlisted for the Most Popular Published Artist category at the Fine Art Trade Guild's 2018 Art and Framing Awards.
In 2016, the painting Refined Grace was shortlisted as a finalist in "The Artist Category 2016 Open Art Competition". It was selected from entries by professional artists around the world and was one of the 70 selected works, which were exhibited at the Patchings Art Center.
In 2016, his painting Musing Dancer was shortlisted as a finalist in the Best-Selling Published Artist category at the Fine Art Trade Guild's 2016 Art and Framing Awards.
In 2014, his painting Solitaire was shortlisted as a finalist in the Best-Selling Published Artist category at the Fine Art Trade Guild's 2014 Art and Framing Awards.
In 2013, at the 23rd Red Bubble Invitational Solo Exhibition, the painting Solitaire won the First Place in Traditional Art, the Solo Exhibition Award, the Excellence Award in the Traditional Painting category, and the Best in Show overall award.
In 2012, at the 19th Red Bubble solo exhibition, which was held by invitation of the jury, the painting Refined Grace won the Special Merit Excellence Award in the Figurative Painting category.
In 2011, the painting "Poise in Silhouette" was shortlisted among 3,000 entries in the Aesthetica Magazine Creative Works Competition and was published in Creative Works Annual 2012.
In 2011, his painting The Passion of Dance won fourth place out of 1,200 entries in the Artavita competition and was subsequently included in the book Important World Artists.
In 2011, the self-made website was shortlisted as a finalist in the Art Business Website category of the Fine Art Trade Guild's Art and Framing Awards.
In 2010, his painting Leap into the Unknown was shortlisted for the Aesthetica Magazine Creative Works Competition and was published in Creative Works Annual 2011.
In 2010, at the 8th Red Bubble Invitational Solo Exhibition, his painting The Passion of Dance won the First Place in Traditional Art, the Inspirational Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Traditional category, the Excellence Award in the Oil Painting category, and the Best in Show overall.
In 2008, his painting Un Momento Intenso won a special merit award in Canon / Art Business Today's "Print to Win" competition.
In 2008, he was voted the "Best Traditional Artist" by other forum members on the Deviant Art website.