Richard Delaney
Canadian artist, Richard Delaney lives and works in Port Dover, Ontario, a fishing and vacation community situated on the north shore of Lake Erie. 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 drawing and painting skills, primarily as a self-taught artist, but also through formal study at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario. He credits Brock University Professor, Murray Kropf, for encouraging him to use acrylic paints in addition to oils. He is now, equally adept with both mediums.
A career as an art teacher immersed Delaney in creativity and helped focus attention on painting, shaping ideas, and developing techniques and methodologies.
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.
Delaney learns much by studying the works of other artists. A few of the artists who inspire him are: Chuck Close, Jean-Leon Gerome, Robert Bateman, Salvador Dali, and Gerhard Richter.
Canadian artist, Richard Delaney lives and works in Port Dover, Ontario, a fishing and vacation community situated on the north shore of Lake Erie. 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 drawing and painting skills, primarily as a self-taught artist, but also through formal study at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario. He credits Brock University Professor, Murray Kropf, for encouraging him to use acrylic paints in addition to oils. He is now, equally adept with both mediums.
A career as an art teacher immersed Delaney in creativity and helped focus attention on painting, shaping ideas, and developing techniques and methodologies.
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.
Delaney learns much by studying the works of other artists. A few of the artists who inspire him are: Chuck Close, Jean-Leon Gerome, Robert Bateman, Salvador Dali, and Gerhard Richter.
$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.
