Richard Trigg

Once a teacher, I still found time to draw occasionally for various commercial magazines.  After leaving teaching full time in 2018,  I was able to devote a lot more time to painting and also sought training from a range of accomplished artists such as Jo Shepherdson, Dan Scott and Richard Kitson.  In 2022 I was accepted onto the Emerging Artists programme with Charnwood Arts and have exhibited at a range of venues within the county.  Much of my subject matter is based on scenes around where I live in Loughborough. 

 

For me, it's all about light, which is what lured me from pencils to paints. With captivating light, almost any scene has potential for a painting.  Not so much a photo-realistic depiction, the joy of paint is that it gives the opportunity to try something a little more expressive.  Ideally I'd like to capture a feel of what made me want to paint it in the first place. Ultimately, I’d like my paintings to be more about a place than of it.

For me, it's primarily landscapes. A lover of the outdoors as spaces to walk, run and cycle, I'm very much open to allowing these to inspire my work, whether it’s cycling over a mountain or strolling through a city. In that way, I can really identify with the Impressionists, for their sheer love of outdoor light.