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Art For Sale
Artist: Richard Heeps
Artist: Carol Bennett
Sunkissed Wendy, Las Vegas - American portrait color photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
On the Road, reimagines classic Richard Heeps artworks presented with full film rebate almost like a blown up contact sheet. 'Sun Kissed Wendy', from Richard Heeps' 'Man's Ruin' Ser...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Chevron - Vintage Wimpy, Norfolk - British Vintage Interior Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Chevron - Vintage Wimpy, Norfolk, 2023 photograph by Richard Heeps captures the style of an American diner, via Norfolk in England. The vintage interior...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Color, C Print, Photographic Paper

Craig y Don Pool, Llandudno Beach, Wales - Blue British Swimming Pool Sea Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Craig y Don Pool, looking across the bay of Llandudno, Wales in the United Kingdom. Blue symmetry guides your eyes out to sea in this photograph by Richard Heeps. This artwork is a limited edition of 25 gloss photographic print from negative, accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity. We recommend the print is professionally framed. This artwork is available in other sizes and it pairs well with Richard Heeps artworks in our 1stdibs store. "Richard Heeps' seductive, highly saturated colours and sophisticated pictorial structures demonstrate a true love and empathy for his subject matter - be it cool descriptive interiors, still life or landscape. His distinctive style pushes the limits of photography." He is a film-based photographer, using a range of vintage analogue cameras. He considers himself to have three studios, the external studio of whichever location he may be shooting, his darkroom where I make my master prints and his home studio where he does the postproduction where the artworks are mounted framed and finished. He aims to make accessible artwork without compromising on quality and making everything in house he is in control of each step to achieve that. Although he was brought up in East Anglia (England), he was heavily influenced by America. he visited American bases, kept magazine cuttings and followed drag racing. The speed, lifestyle and technicolour is reflected in his imagery. 'American' colour is a major aspect in his work, it drives his equipment and material choices. At age ten he began participating in art shows and became comfortable with showing his work and the praise and criticism which is part of an artists development. In his early paintings Manhattan was reoccurring theme, fascinated with New York. Throughout his professional career he has been lucky enough to exhibit in Museums and Public Galleries since the 1980's. Since 2008 his gallery Bleach Box...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Space Age Lodge, Gila Bend, Arizona - Mid-century Googie Sign photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
On the Road, reimagines classic Richard Heeps artworks presented with full film rebate almost like a blown up contact sheet. This Googie sign photograph captures the iconic and memor...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Anita, Lady Fen - Vintage Fashion Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
On the Road, reimagines classic Richard Heeps artworks presented with full film rebate almost like a blown up contact sheet. Anita, photograph from Richard Heeps autobiographical se...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Honeymoon Hideaway, Palm Springs California - Mid-century architecture photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
On the Road, reimagines classic Richard Heeps artworks presented with full film rebate almost like a blown up contact sheet. Honeymoon Hideaway captures iconic mid-century futuristic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Malibu Dawn Patrol, Surfer, Water, Painting, Blue, Orange, Male Figure, Waves
Located in Riverdale, NY
Malibu Dawn Patrol is a figurative artwork featuring a male surfer catching a wave. It is a mixed media painting. Artwork is 31.5 x 31.5. This is part of the latest series by Ha...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Varnish, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Chairoplanes, Haddenham Steam Rally, Cambridgeshire - Vintage Fairground Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Photograph of a vintage fairground Chairoplane, lit up in a golden hue against the motion and beauty of the dark blue sky captures the magic of the 2022 Haddenham Steam Rally. Artwor...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Vintage Wimpy, Norfolk - British Diner Interior Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Vintage Wimpy, interior photograph by Richard Heeps. The timeless combination of blue seating and red tables will bring back memories of the original fast food diner. This artwork i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Pink Champagne Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey - Doo Wop sign color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Pink Champagne Motel, from Richard Heeps' Jersey Shores series, taken in the Doo Wop Capital of the World Wildwood, a mecca for mid-century architecture in America. This artwork is ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Color

ICES - Four Framed Artworks - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES - Four Framed Artworks, Photographs by Richard Heeps. Featured here Lilac, Sherbet Yellow, Green, Melondrama. Get in touch to request other sizes or color combinations. Each a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

49 Via Dezza at Sunset, Milan - Italian Architecture Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
49 Via Dezza at Sunset, Gio Ponti architecture photograph from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan. A Short History of Milan' began in Novembe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

0°00 Longitude, 52°32N' Latitude, Hake's Drove - Landscape Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Hake's Drove, British landscape photograph from Richard Heeps series, 36 Minutes in Cambridgeshire. Richard Heeps was awarded a Millennium Year of the Artist Arts Council Grant to m...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ices (Sherbet Yellow), Bexhill-on-Sea - British seaside color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The sherbet yell...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Cowboy, Kanab, Utah - American Landscape Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
A Cowboy silhouette, captured in Kanab, the home of many Western Movies. This artwork is typical of one of Richard's signatures, a surreal twist using composition to play with realit...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

ICES Multicolor Set of Nine Framed Colour Photography Artworks
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Multicolor Set of Nine Framed Artworks. A set of nine pop art prints by Richard Heeps from his Great British Staycation series 'On-Sea'. Taken between lockdowns in September 202...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

0°00 Longitude, 52° 18N' Latitude, Mare Fen - Landscape Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Mare Fen, British landscape photograph from Richard Heeps series, 36 Minutes in Cambridgeshire. Richard Heeps was awarded a Millennium Year of the Artist Arts Council Grant to make ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

"Slide Right (Paper)" figurative oil painting of swimmer underwater red swimsuit
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Oil, Paper

Dice I, Hemsby, Norfolk - Pop art contemporary color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Dice', Part of Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series, the vivid detail of the dice in fun multi-colour picture and lucky number 8 ball. Hand-printed by the artist from negative in his C...
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Torre Velasca Time Lapse, Milan - Italian Architecture Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Torre Velasca Time Lapse, architecture photograph from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan. A Short History of Milan' began in November 2018 for a special project featuri...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Rainbow Apartments, Milan - Italian Architecture Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Rainbow Apartments, Italian architecture photograph from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan. A Short History of Milan' began in ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ices (Grey), Bexhill-on-Sea - British seaside color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The monochrome g...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ices (Melondrama), Bexhill-on-Sea - British seaside color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The melondrama c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ices (Grey), Bexhill-on-Sea - British seaside color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The monochrome g...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

"MV Spring" abstract figurative oil painting swimmer underwater with orange
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Cardboard

San Giovanni Stained Glass, Milan - Italian Church Interior Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
San Giovanni Stained Glass, brutalist architecture interior photograph from Richard Heeps series A Short History of Milan. A Short History of Milan' began in November 2018 for a sp...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Photographic Paper, Color, Silver Gelatin

Slots, Las Vegas - Casino Interior Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Slots' was taken in the classic vintage Vegas Casino at the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, which opened in 1946 and is the oldest in operation today. This c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Leaving, Las Vegas - Iconic Googie American Sign Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Leaving Las Vegas, photograph from Richard Heeps' 'Dream in Colour' series, this artwork features a classic American neon Googie sign, with the Vegas...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ices (Sherbet Yellow), Bexhill-on-Sea - British seaside color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The sherbet yell...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Arriving, Las Vegas - Iconic Googie American SignColor Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Arriving, Las Vegas, photograph from Richard Heeps' 'Dream in Colour' series, this artwork captures a classic American neon Googie sign, with the famous Vegas cityscape in the backgr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Jersey Girls (Magenta), Wildwood, New Jersey - Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Jersey Girls Magenta, photograph from Richard Heeps Jersey Shore series. Vintage matchbooks from New York's Chelsea Flea Market featuring nudes from the 1940's are reimagined by Rich...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

Lincoln's - La Concha, Las Vegas - Classic Vintage Car Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Classic Lincoln cars, parked outside the famous mid-century building, the La Concha Motel in Las Vegas. The cinematic scene of now Lost Vegas, evokes image...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Salt, Pepper & Vinegar, Clacton-on-Sea - Still Life Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Salt, Pepper and Vinegar make up this still life photograph, taken in a Clacton-on-Sea cafe at the seaside in the year of the great British staycation. It has been taken in true Rich...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ices (Melondrama), Bexhill-on-Sea - British seaside color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The melondrama c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

"Orange You Drifting" oil painting of a woman floating in a turquoise pool
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Palm Springs Poolside II, California - American Architecture Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Palm Springs Poolside, photography by Richard Heeps at Ballantines Movie Colony. This artwork captures the classic mid-century Palm Springs architecture set against saturated blue sk...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

"Diamonds" Abstract oil painting with water sparkling white and orange
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

ICES Multicolor Set of Sixteen Framed Colour Photography Artworks
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES Multicolor Set of Sixteen Framed Artworks. A set of sixteen pop art prints by Richard Heeps from his Great British Staycation series 'On-Sea'. Taken between lockdowns in Septemb...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Cordial Campari, Milan - Architectural Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Cordial Campari, photograph from from Richard Heeps series, 'A Short History of Milan' which began in November 2018 for a special project featuring at the Affordable Art Fair Milan 2...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Palm Springs Poolside I, California - American Architecture Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Palm Springs Pool Side, photograph by Richard Heeps taken at Ballantines Movie Colony. This artwork captures the classic mid-century Palm Springs architecture set against saturated b...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

ICES - Four Framed Artworks - Pop Art Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES - Four Framed Artworks, Photographs by Richard Heeps. Featured here Lilac, Sky Blue, Green and Raspberry. Get in touch to request other sizes or color combinations. Each artwo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Colony at Dawn, Ballantines Movie Colony, Palm Springs, California - Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Colony at Dawn, photograph by Richard Heeps for his 'Dream in Colour' series, this neutral artwork features the mid-century architecture of Ballantines Movie Colony, California, capt...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Color, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper, C Print

Jersey Girls (Gold), Wildwood, New Jersey - Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Jersey Girls Gold, photograph from Richard Heeps Jersey Shore series. Vintage matchbooks from New York's Chelsea Flea Market featuring nudes from the 1940's are reimagined by Richard...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ices (Purple), Bexhill-on-Sea - British seaside color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The purple color...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Palms, St Leonard's-on-Sea - British Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Palms' from Richard Heeps series 'On-Sea'. Richard likes to make you question where you are in his artwork and the mid-century architecture and tropical palm tree has a feeling of M...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Three Palms, Clacton-on-Sea - British Landscape Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Three Palms' from Richard Heeps Great British staycation series, On-Sea. Taken in Clacton-on-Sea, Richard was channeling Hitchcock in his mind. He printed in his darkroom full frame...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Darjeeling Butchers, West Bengal - Indian Architecture Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
Darjeeling Butchers, street photography on Richard Heeps' journey in India, a pilgrimage from Kerala in the South, to his Grandfather's birthplace Meerut in the North. One of a numbe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Palm Springs Poolside III, Ballantines Movie Colony, California - Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
Palm Springs Poolside, photograph by Richard Heeps. Classic mid-century Palm Springs architecture, featuring cool blue skies and pool with accents of pink and almost neon yellow. Th...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Christine's '52 Henry J & Teardrop Bonneville, Utah - Landscape Car Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Christine's '52 Henry J & teardrop' was captured in Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, the iconic home of speed. This photograph captures the mountains in the distance meeting and contras...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Six Piece Framed Desert Oasis Artworks - American Landscape Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Six Piece Desert Oasis Framed Photography Installation. A collection of blue hued landscapes and waterscapes from Richard Heeps travels, American road trips shooting his series Drea...
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

"Hannah's Back" oil painting of a woman swimming underwater in red suit
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Milkshake, Clacton-on-Sea - Still Life Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Milkshake, a cold drink on a hot day, captured at the seaside in the year of the great British staycation. This enticing pink milkshake in a glistening glass was photographed by Rich...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Ices (Sky Blue), Bexhill-on-Sea - British seaside color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
ICES, by Richard Heeps, photographed at the British Seaside at the end of summer 2020. This artwork is about evoking memories of the simple joy of days by the beach. The sky blue col...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

"See Water (Bottles) oil painting of a woman swimming underwater with red suit
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

"Lift and Glide (Paper)" figurative oil of swimmer underwater white bathing suit
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

"Rachel Shashay" Textured painting of a woman swimming underwater
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. P...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Buick in the Dust, Hemsby, Norfolk - Three Framed Car Color Photographs
Located in Cambridge, GB
Buick in the Dust, this photography series features an American Car, on a British Beach (Hemsby, Norfolk) driven by a German. Richard spent years honing his skills as a drag racing...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Jersey Girls (Yellow), Wildwood, New Jersey - Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Jersey Girls Yellow, photograph from Richard Heeps Jersey Shore series. Vintage matchbooks from New York's Chelsea Flea Market featuring nudes from the 1940's are reimagined by Richa...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

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