Richard Trigg
The History Hut
The History Hut
Retired history teacher Charlie is looking for a new project but gets a lot more than he bargained for when he finds his new shed is possessed by the spirit of Gustin, a young apprentice druid from the first century AD. Gustin persuades Charlie to come back in time to Roman Britain, where he wants his help investigating why he died. This extraordinary trip becomes yet more intense when they come across a secret youth organisation led by Gustin’s childhood friend.
Central Britain has been at peace since Boudicca’s revolt some forty years before but now his group is plotting another rebellion. The elders are alarmed, most are prospering under Roman rule and they’ll try to stop their frustrated offspring in any way they can. Charlie is horrified when he realises that he has something the rebels badly want, all he wants now is to get back to his own time, where his family have only just discovered his disappearance. A nerve-shredding sequence of adventures follows, which finally culminate in the most dramatic discovery of all back in the 21st century.
About The Maker: Richard Trigg
About The Maker: 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
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