Margate Kent and Sussex | Michael Richardson

• On the Harbour Arm, Margate

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 12

• Launching Ramp, Medway Bridge Marina, Rochester

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 12

• Low tide, Margate Harbour

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Reflections, Botany Bay

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 12

• Rain threatening, Nayland Rocks

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• High Summer, Botany bay

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 12"

• Muddy Puddles

  Oil, Panel, 16" x 12"

• "South from Maypole Lane Goudhurst"

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 7. Painted from the same spot as "Maypole Lane" but looking more to the left this painting depicts the advancing low clouds bring sleet and snow. The tracks left by the toboggans and skiers mad a nice le…

• Last Light

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12". This was painted in great haste as the light fades fast here in February. The end wall of the cottage glowed pink with the last of the light.

• Dave's Cat

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Last Day of Summer

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10"

• Autumn Sparkle

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• Whitstable Harbour

  Oil, Panel, 16" x 20"

• Sun dappled lane

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 10"

• Crowded Sands

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Passing Storm

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• The Lifeguard Station

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Calm Mooring

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12". This is the view that greets me every day when I open my Studio/Gallery on Margate Harbour Arm. Being surrounded by water imparts a special hazy quality to the light.

• Breakfast in the Little Square

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Beach Fun

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10"

• Evening Calm

  Oil, Panel, 16" x 20"

• Tide Pools

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Tide Pools

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• The Mala Cafe

  Oil, 10" x 12"

• Taking Shelter

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Twilight

  Oil, Panel, 16" x 20"

• The Beach Cafe

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• Fun on the Beach

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• Golden Hour

  Oil, Panel, 20" x 24"

• Low tide strollers

  Oil, Panel, 20" x 24"

• "Misty "

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• "After the Rain"

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• "Drinks on the terrace"

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• "Hazy evening"

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Barry's Fishing Boat

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Drizzle

  Oil, 7" x 9"

• Hazy afternoon

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10". This scene is a couple of paces from the door of my new gallery studio on Margate Harbour Arm and I doubt if I will ever get bored with walking out on a sunny afternoon to try to capture the dazzle…

• Misty morning

  Oil, Panel, 16" x 12"

• Twilight

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Evening stroll

  Oil, Canvas, 18" x 24"

• "From the studio window"

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 10"

• In the lanes, Margate

  Oil, Panel, 16" x 12"

• Breezy day

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• Margate sundown

  Oil, Canvas, 24" x 32"

• Marine Esplanade in winter

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Dinghies racing

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Dazzle, Whitstable Harbour

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• Lasers at Whitstable

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Harbour Corner

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 10"

• Trawlers in Harbour

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 10"

• Hay Bales

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 16"

• Gaps in the hedge

  Oil, 10" x 12"

• Fishing boat in harbour

  Oil, 12" x 10"

• Tug on the slip

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Shady mooring

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 10"

• Shady Corner, Whitstable Harbour

  Oil, Panel, 14" x 11". I love painting these old fishing boats. They have a gracefulness which has been sacrificed for efficiency in their evolution. A soft hazy day in April.

• "On the Langdon Heights"

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 10". There was so much to enjoy in painting this scene, the currents swirling around the promontory, the reflected light from the chalk cliffs, the tiny figures of the ramblers on the ancient paths and…

• "The Lifeguard Station"

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14". This was worked on the last really hot day of the year near Margate. The lifeguard station with its boats and flags made a nice focal point.

• "Squally Afternoon"

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Tide Pools, Margate Sands

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12". This was such a simple subject and I approached it almost like a watercolour with planned washes followed by glazes. The beach was very busy but I thought one small group was sufficient to tell th…

• Fun in the Sun, Broadstairs

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12". Windbreaks always make such a welcome splash of colour!

• Lifeguards at Broadstairs

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Shady Mooring

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 10"

• Sultry Afternoon

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• Waiting for the Tide

  Oil, Panel, 14" x 11"

• Wave Watching

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 8"

• After the Race

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12"

• The Quayside, Whitstable

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 10"

• TSB Greta at Whitstable

  Oil, Panel, 14" x 11". Always a good subject! Steve Norris's Thames Barge, immaculate as ever, moored in Whitstable Harbour. The reflections and the cast shadows on murky water were a big part of thhe attraction!

• Kites and Spinners

  Oil, 10" x 12"

• "Bric a Brac"

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 10". I found this appealing subject in Whitstable Harbour Market where I have a small gallery myself in which I sell my Plein Air field work.

• "Evening Light, Minnis Bay"

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 16"

• "Thaw on the Marsh"

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 16". This was a demonstration piece to illustrate the use of aerial perspective.

• The Frozen Pond 1

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 10"

• "Marine Parade Margate"

  Oil, Panel, 6" x 8"

• "On the Top of the Hill"

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 10". The late afternoon sky was very heavy and heralding more snow so to get any light in this wood meant climbing to the top of the hill where the trees thinned out a bit. Even so I struggled to find…

• Coppicing

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14". The ancient craft of coppicing is undergoing a revival in the UK at the moment and involves cutting trees, in this case mostly beech, close to the ground so that each "stool" provides multiple sho…

• Front going through, Bosham

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14"

• "Evening, Bosham"

  Oil, 11" x 14"

• Cottage Backs, Kent

  Oil, 11" x 14"

• The Last Bales

  Oil, 11" x 14"

• The Cat in the Meadow

  Oil, 10" x 12"

• Out with the Dogs

  Oil, 8" x 6"

• West from Maypole Lane

  Oil, 10" x 12"

• Snow on the Beach, Margate

  Oil, Panel, 12" x 10"

• Tankerton Evening

  Oil, 8" x 10". I don't often paint sunsets as they can be rather gaudy but I liked the vapour trails and the way the sun was filtered through a layer of haze or smoke gave it an extra dimension so I thought I would have…

• "The Medway Valley under Snow"

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14"

• "A Walk in the Snow"

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 12"

• West Beach

  Oil, 8" x 20"

• Fishing Harbour Corner

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12". I enjoy painting fishing boats and this had the added attraction of reflections and cast shadows on the water. Irresistable!

• "The Dry Yard"

  Oil, Panel, 11" x 14"

• Queenborough Moorings

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 10"

• "Sultry Day in the Swale"

  Oil, 10" x 12"

• "Fun on the Beach"

  Oil, 10" x 12"

• High Summer, Camber Sands"

  Oil, 8" x 16"

• "Towards Fairlight Head from Camber Sands"

  Oil, 8" x 16"

• "South-West from Maypole Lane, Goudhurst"

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 12". This was a dull and murky day with the threat of more snow in the air, but from this elevated position there was a nice rhythm to the folds in the land stretching away to the horizon and it made f…

• "Harvest Time"

  Oil, Panel, 8" x 16"