Living Artists Contemporary Investment art Auction July 2024 Edition
Lot 170:
SHIPS FROM London, UK I delight in writing and reciting poetry. I was a UK poetry slam champion and have done several slam tours of USA as part of a London team of 4 poets slamming against US teams. So much fun. Each poet has 3 minutes to perform a piece written by themselves in any spoken word style at the end of their performance they are given a score by 5 judges picked from the audience. Highest scorer (or highest team collective score) wins. At its best its like watching 3 minute pieces of spoken word theatre. Wonderful. Here I have started the work with my favoured line drawing then washed over with acrylic paint thin enough to allow the quality of the line to remain. Additional enhancement to the figures using colour pencils. Richard Heley is a multi skilled visual artist, writer, performer, and songwriter. Born on May 29, 1950, in Totternhoe, Bedfordshire, England, he emigrated to Australia with his family in 1965. He attended Melbourne College of Education from 1969 to 1973.Richard’s artistic pursuits span various mediums and disciplines. As a visual artist, he is known for his fine art painting, live performance painting, and interactive art with children. Since the 1980’s Richard has painted live as performance in nightclubs, festivals, galleries and social events (internationally). He has painted more than 60 mural/wall hangings interactively with children in UK, Australia, USA and South Africa.In 1997, Richard became the Farrago UK Poetry Slam Champion, and he represented the UK as a member of the London team in the first World Championship Poetry Slam. He has toured the United States five times, sharing his poetic performances. Richard has also made significant contributions to the arts community, having founded the Paddington International Poetry Festival and curated and administered Jasmine Cottage Gallery in Derby and Maida Hill Place Gallery in London.
Condition: Good, As in the images
Dimensions: 59 x 42 cm
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