Richard Ballinger Art
British, b. 1957
Richard Ballinger is a British landscape and still-life painter.
“I do not draw in the landscape, I draw from it. It’s taken me inside, to the studio, imagining how it should be ... It's fun for me to make up relative scenarios about my life that will automatically create the right picture for me. Photographs, newspaper articles and books will sometimes help the process. Sometimes if the images are not right, a deconstruction will then take place. This is my favourite part of the journey — the shifting, sanding and scraping of paint, unearthing a brief history.”
Ballinger's recent landscape paintings explore the theme of solace from the memories of a child. Although painted in Cornwall, where Ballinger has lived and worked since 1999, and occasionally informed by drawings, his series of brightly coloured, beautiful landscapes are symbolic meditations on formative experiences of a happy, carefree childhood in idyllic, rural Gloucestershire.
In earlier works, he painted lonely figures in the landscape. Though in his more recent paintings, the figures within the paintings have been replaced by an obvious viewpoint for the imager, from the viewer. This avoids an overly determined narrative interpretation and encourages imaginative engagement. A protective wall of trees may stretch across the foreground, beyond which a thin line or path draws the eye up the picture plane towards the horizon. Perhaps like the artist as a child, we are taking refuge behind the trees, contemplating whether or not we dare to take the path into the unknown?
"Ballinger’s images, constructed with often thick impasto paint, interlocking shapes or blocks of colour, a nod to the symbolic style of post-impressionist painters such as Paul Gauguin. His varied treatment of the painted surface, from the meticulous application of small brushstrokes to vigorous scraping away and scoring, evidences the painting process over time. On one level, then, happy memories of childhood freedoms — a time spent roaming the countryside seeking adventure and taking risks — might be seen as a perfect metaphor for the explorative act of painting itself." Virginia Button, Newlyn Art Galleryto
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Artist: Richard Ballinger
Red Moon - Contemporary Landscape Oil on Paper Painting, Blue, White + Green
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Richard Ballinger b. 1957
Red Moon, 2024
oil on paper
24 x 36.5 cm
9 1/2 x 14 3/8 in
signed with monogram
Richard Ballinger is a British landscape and still-life painter.
“I do n...
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21st Century and Contemporary Richard Ballinger Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
Forgotten Boundaries - Colourful Landscape Oil Painting, Ocean in Grey + Green
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Richard Ballinger b. 1957
Forgotten Boundries, 2024
oil on paper
24 x 36.5 cm
9 1/2 x 14 3/8 in
signed with monogram
Richard Ballinger is a British landscape and still-life painter....
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21st Century and Contemporary Richard Ballinger Art
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Oil
Contemporary Landscape Painting of a House and Trees: The Retreat, 2024
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
“I do not draw in the landscape, I draw from it. It’s taken me inside, to the studio, imagining how it should be ... It's fun for me to make up relative scenarios about my life that ...
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Canvas, Oil
Still Life, White Flowers - Blue and Grey Still Life Oil Painting with Sunset
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Richard Ballinger b. 1957
Still life, White Flowers, 2024-2025
oil on canvas
80 x 80 cm
31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in
signed, dated and titled verso
Richard Ballinger is a British landscape a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Richard Ballinger Art
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Canvas, Oil
The Blue Vase, 2024 - Still Life with Flowers and Landscape in Green and Blue
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Richard Ballinger is a British landscape and still-life painter.
“I do not draw in the landscape, I draw from it. It’s taken me inside, to the studio, imagining how it should be ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Richard Ballinger Art
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Yellow Road, 2024 - Contemporary Seascape Oil Painting with Green and Yellow
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Richard Ballinger b. 1957
Yellow Road, 2024
oil on canvas-board
20.5 x 25.5 cm
8 1/8 x 10 in
signed, titled and dated verso
Richard Ballinger is a British landscape and still-life p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Richard Ballinger Art
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Canvas, Oil
Deep Water, Green Mountain - Modern Colorful Landscape Oil Painting, Blue + Pink
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Richard Ballinger b. 1957
Deep Water, Green Mountain, 2024
oil on paper
24 x 36.5 cm
9 1/2 x 14 3/8 in
signed with monogram
Richard Ballinger is a British landscape and still-life p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Richard Ballinger Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
Islands, 2024 - Minimalist Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting in White + Grey
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Richard Ballinger is a British landscape and still-life painter.
“I do not draw in the landscape, I draw from it. It’s taken me inside, to the studio, imagining how it should be ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Richard Ballinger Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grey Rock, 2024 - Contemporary Landscape Painting with Pink and Red, Mountains
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
"Ballinger’s images, constructed with often thick impasto paint, interlocking shapes or blocks of colour, a nod to the symbolic style of post-impressionist painters such as Paul Gaug...
Category
2010s Richard Ballinger Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Winding Path - Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting in Grey, Green and Pink
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Richard Ballinger b. 1957
The Winding Path, 2024
oil on paper
24 x 36.5 cm
9 1/2 x 14 3/8 in
signed with monogram
Richard Ballinger is a British landscape and still-life painter.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Richard Ballinger Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
Still Life, Blue Vase in Green, 2024 - Flowers in Jug with Landscape Painting
By Richard Ballinger
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Richard Ballinger is a British landscape and still-life painter.
“I do not draw in the landscape, I draw from it. It’s taken me inside, to the studio, imagining how it should be ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Richard Ballinger Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
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