Richard Delaney
Richard Delaney lives and works in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.
He is a retired art teacher with 30 years of experience instructing high school, university, and mature students.
Since demonstrating artistic ability in childhood, Delaney has developed his drawing and painting skills, primarily as a self-taught artist, but, also through formal study at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario. Delaney also learns much by studying the works of other artists. A few of his favorite artists who have inspired him are: Chuck Close, Jean-Leon Gerome, Robert Bateman, Salvador Dali, and Gerhard Richter.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Delaney specializes in oil and acrylic paints to produce realistic works on canvas, masonite, and wood panel. He is inspired by nature, travel, and pop-culture. Portraiture, landscape, still life, birds, and the female nude figure are favorite genres.
Delaney uses varying combinations of sketches, direct observation, photo references, and imagination to produce his paintings.
Richard Delaney lives and works in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.
He is a retired art teacher with 30 years of experience instructing high school, university, and mature students.
Since demonstrating artistic ability in childhood, Delaney has developed his drawing and painting skills, primarily as a self-taught artist, but, also through formal study at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario. Delaney also learns much by studying the works of other artists. A few of his favorite artists who have inspired him are: Chuck Close, Jean-Leon Gerome, Robert Bateman, Salvador Dali, and Gerhard Richter.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Delaney specializes in oil and acrylic paints to produce realistic works on canvas, masonite, and wood panel. He is inspired by nature, travel, and pop-culture. Portraiture, landscape, still life, birds, and the female nude figure are favorite genres.
Delaney uses varying combinations of sketches, direct observation, photo references, and imagination to produce his paintings.
$4,000.00
Oil on canvas.
51x51"
From the Fugitive series of portraits based on mugshots of real fugitives from the law.
$4,000.00
Oil on canvas.
51x51"
From the Fugitive series of portraits based on mugshots of real fugitives from the law.
$3,000.00
Oil on canvas.
51x51"
From the Fugitive series of portraits based on mugshots of real fugitives from the law.
