Richard Yates

Saturday 17 October 2020

Two Inspired Large Artworks

These two large pieces are in solid frames and are of daring colour and theme. Yates has always taken inspiration from other worlds and ethereal projections.

Oil on Canvas 2014, Planet.X. (46X30 in, 117X76 cm) $900

Oil on Canvas 2014 release, Gathering Sticks. (46X30 in, 117X76 cm) $900

Saturday 28 September 2019

Richard R.Yates is a Canadian visual artist.

Richard Yates was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1949 (Richard Reginald Yates) and grew up in Victoria, B.C. Attended University of Victoria(BFA), Instituto Allende, Mexico, The Banff Centre, Manchester Polytechnic, University of Alberta, and The Royal College of Art, Stockholm, Sweden.
Richard Yates has participated in well over 130 group plus 26 solo exhibitions in Canada and abroad since 1969, showing hand produced silkscreen prints, linocuts, wood engravings, drypoint prints, drawings, paintings, installations and handmade books, and he has curated. His works are in many collections such as the Canada Council Art Bank, the Alberta Art Foundation and The National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.
Richard Yates has a number of unsold prints from his limited numbered editions as well as other paintings, available through this site and at selected galleries.

After spending two decades in a small Canadian prairie village in Manitoba, Richard Yates has returned to his seaside routes living up island from his childhood home. He now divides his time by sailing in BC waters and doing some paintings in tropical south Asian fishing villages.

Monday 10 December 2018

Original, Unframed Prints

Richard Yates is promoting some limited edition prints that have never been framed.

If you are interested you can contact Richard Yates directly (rryates315 @ gmail.com).

These are a very good value.

This linocut by Richard Yates a Canadian artist shows a birds eye view over prairie farm fall fields showing machine harvesting rows in the field. Also some simple farm buildings and shadows, etc. On rag imported quality paper. Done in 1994. Additional prints in edition available. Also similar related farm pattern field images are available.

limited run (18 of 24) 24" by 20" signed by artist.

Friday 12 October 2018

Galleries and Sales Locations

Galleries carrying Richard Yates works include: Poor Michael's in Onanole, Manitoba, Canada

George Strange's Prairie Showcase in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.

Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta

Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Old Church Pottery & Gift.

4km North of Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada

Art Gallery of St. Albert in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada

and at

Great Bear Art and Framing,

12247 Fort Rd NW

Edmonton, AB Canada

780-452-89065

Saturday 14 October 2017

Artist Statement

Richard Yates – Statement About Artworks

My works over the past 30 years derive from visits to remote or unusual locations. Most often on the prairies, I find a place where something of an unusual event had historically or metaphysically taken place which gives me a sense that there had been about that place multiple aesthetic, or even spiritual, decisions made there. I can build later in memory on this place and examine or visually speculate and so generate visual images. Sometimes my nighttime dream symbolic images may augment and broaden the process. My “pond”, bird/flying dream, farm field pattern markings images all come from vision quest-like discover trips in nature somewhat akin to a hunting trip. If the intent is right and animal will present itself to the hunter sometimes as an offering. One of the most unusual events to be “placed in my path” was of learning of and locating a group of 11 circles of a “crop circle” formation and reflecting on this event in a print. Often the sourcing, or building the foundation of the artwork in nature, or place, can be something of a revelation. Other sources I have visited are native prairie medicine wheel sites, megalithic standing stone sites in Europe like Avebury, Stonehenge, those on Malta, and at Carnac. All are powerful “organic” earth sites significantly placed and aesthetically rich and, interestingly, seem to be meant to be seen from above. Thus, many of my works have sense of a “birds-eye view”. Or that of a “flying dream”: powerful senses of faith, intent and unity --- all seeing. Interestingly, some of the art of the Russian Revolution in the constructivist and later suprematist movements had a similar “birds eye” view reflecting a group of ideal or utopia which was unfortunately undermined by ruthless power politics. I think this ideal utopia --- a mixture of spiritual question, ideal aesthetics, earth/nature appreciation is reflected in some of my artworks.

I also enjoy loading and compressing the composition. Somewhat like squeezing and folding the image into the rectangle format, as if the rectangle format were pregnant and near to term.

Some of my summer 2001 images are small Italian hilltop town views of colorful imaginary landscapes in oil on small panels. More recently I painted small intimate and colourful images of imaginary pond fish and frogs, odd cats and dogs in a light-hearted way. Plus some landscapes from memory.

Sunday 5 June 2016

Korean Collector purchases Yates Watercolour

Korean art collector, Lee JiYeon purchased a 2012 Yates water colour after viewing the piece online during his recent show.

Lee, an art historian and gallery consultant in Seoul, took the opportunity to purchase directly from the artist. Curator of the show, Nelly Mills, has an extensive international online network and invited Lee to tour the show via wifi and a webcam. She narrowed her selection down to three pieces, and Mills emailed her high resolution images of her choices.

The transaction was conducted via PayPal and Ms. Lee was very pleased to receive her painting, only five days after the show. It was an unframed piece, offering her good value, and an ability to choose her own style of framing.

The painting she purchased is called Pond Frog Fish Butterfly. It was the only butterfly image in the show.

"It is such a cheerful piece," she said. "I know I really need to be more objective in my personal collection, but it always comes down to how the piece of art makes me feel. I love this little painting."

Yates intends to continue this trend of enabling collectors who cannot attend his shows, to purchase his newest works.

Saturday 28 September 2013

Art Show - Transformation

Curator Dan Bagan is hosting a show of Richard Yates' work at his Great Bear Gallery in Edmonton.

The opening is Friday, October 4, 2013, 8pm and the artist will be present the following weekend, on October 11/12. The show runs through October

Directions to the show.

Saturday 1 June 2013

Art Show - b/w to Colour

Yates has been producing art for over forty years. It was time for a show of his recent works and a celebration of his retrospective pieces.
The show was installed in a private residence in Minnedosa, Manitoba.

The opening was on Friday, May 24, 2013, on a full moon during one of the coolest of Manitoba springs. Viewing continued through Saturday and Sunday afternoon. More than fifty people attended to view and purchase pieces of Yates' art.

To celebrate artistic achievement, on the Saturday Evening Yates' art show included a house concert featuring Ainsley Freisen.

The art from the show has been distributed to galleries across Canada.

Tuesday 6 November 2012

Printmaker

Yates is a master printmker.

Framed and unframed prints are available.
Click on the image to enlarge.

Contact Yates (rryates315@gmail.com) to inquire about availability.

Larger Prints

Smaller Prints:

Elevators
16 X 20 cm. 4 x 6 inch linocut done by color reduction cutting.
Printed on an old Vandercook letter press.
Some copies available signed. $175

Kerrobert, SK Pool
image: 4X5"

Collection
Set of six, 6-colour, colour reduction linocuts.
Images sold individually or as a set.
Edition of 90. 2001
Click on an image to enlarge it.

Boissevain UGG Elevator
image: 4X5"

Carlyle, SK Pool Elevators
image: 4X5"

Denzil, SK Pool Elevators
image: 4X5"

Elgin MB Elevator
4X5" (photo off square. image is fine)

Conquest, SK Pool Elevators
image: 5X4"

Water Colours/ Gouache

Yates' recent emphasis.

2 Bluebirds and Pond
Gouache and pencil on HW rag paper.
10.25 X 6.5 inch image. at Ban Bao Village,Thailand
Richard Yates (signed LLeft) 2012

Smaller works.

Natural world and imaginary organic ideas. Land is central to Yates' work, often referencing past visits to First Nations mystical sites in southern Alberta