Richard Flynn
During my time at Newcastle College of Art I was introduced to the work of Norman Cornish and L S Lowry. They were the first of many artists that I have felt an affinity with. In the genre of their work it took a short time to work out a personal proccess, which continues to this day. Painting directly from life is a very different experience to working in the studio. My work has always involved the former approach, by developing a narrative; the paintings become an investigative series. A wedding series that began as a commission became a survey of the event and of the institution of marriage. Paintings of shoppers at the City Market became the Balemans
series.