Artist Spotlight - Richard Michelle-Pentelbury
Biography
Multiply awarded across the disciplines of art, academics, teaching, theatre directing, acting (musicals and plays,) and with writing too, (his novels, ‘Admission,’ and ‘Transition’, are available through Amazon,) Richard recently also received the 2025 Premier Artist Award. Retired, and living on Vancouver Island, he now devotes his days predominantly to his multi-storied paintings.
Passing Through Too, 2012. Oil on canvas, 106 x 182 cm.
Artist Statement
I've an impassioned sense of the symbolic and metaphysical, and imbue my work with esoteric images. I may deploy different styles and techniques to suit the many translations one makes of life. My preferred medium is with oil glazes, and I try to integrate (at the risk of sounding pompous) the multiple holons of our metacognitive realizations. My paintings are intended to elicit curious questions, rather than to provide explicit answers.
Sleeve detail, of Passing Through Too, 2012. Oil on canvas, 106 x 182 cm.
Upper left detail, of Passing Through Too, 2012. Oil on canvas, 106 x 182 cm.
Upper right detail, of Passing Through Too, 2012. Oil on canvas, 106 x 182 cm.
Destiny? 2025. Oil glazes on canvas, 122 x 137 cm.
De Historia et Veritate, (Quebec's Plains of Abraham)1981. Oil on canvas, 92 x 122 cm.
Inter-Continental Voyageur, 2024. Oil on canvas, 46 x 61 cm.
Soul Spring, 1977. Oil on canvas, 122 x 122 cm.
Visiting Granny, 2024. Oil on canvas, 48 x 61 cm.
Blue North, 1977. Oil on canvas, 122 x 137 cm.
Banff Cave, 1981. Oil on canvas, 46 x 61 cm.
Camelot, 2009. Oil on canvas, 122 x 183 cm.
Old School Cricket, 2020. Oil on canvas, 61 x 91 cm.
African Iris, 1981. Oil on canvas, 122 x 122 cm.
Universal Games, 2010. Oil on canvas, 61 x 91 cm.
