Simon Richardson’s first exhibition in New Zealand for almost a decade, Southern Gothic, at Milford Galleries in Dunedin has finished earlier this month. It includes “Mila” which was chosen for the BP
Broad Bay artist Simon Richardson is looking forward to seeing some of America’s great works of art in Washington and New York after receiving a $12,500 Canadian grant for the
Dunedin Artist Simon Richardson has won a $5000 US Scholarship to attend the New York Graduate School of Figurative Art.
Inspired by the work of Michelangelo and the Dutch old masters, a young Dunedin artist is making the grade as a new master of the art of portrait painting.
Dunedin artist Simon Richardson’s portrait of his seven-year-old daughter Mila is believed to be the first by a New Zealander to be chosen for the BP Portrait Award exhibition at
A Broad Bay artist who painted former All Black Anton Oliver in the nude has had a portrait chosen for a prestigious art exhibition. View article
Encouraged by Grahame Sydney, Simon Richardson opted for solid observation over fashionable conceptual art and is now a sought-after portraitist. View Article
Dunedin’s Chinese Garden provides the background to former mayor Peter Chin’s portrait, a choice Broad Bay artist Simon Richardson said indicated something about Dunedin’s former leader. View article
It was four years ago when former All Black Anton Oliver was struck by a painting of a cup of tea and a piece of toast by Dunedin artist Simon
An announcement that Broad Bay artist Simon Richardson has been approached to paint Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin’s official portrait can only lead to one question: Will he be depicted nude?
The Herald reports that Dunedin artist Simon Richardson has won a lucrative international grant. View article
The artist who created a stir with his nude portrait of All Black Anton Oliver has won a lucrative international grant. View article
New Zealand rugby, which prefers its top players to be stoic and reserved, has been shaken by news former All Blacks captain Anton Oliver has posed nude for an oil
Simon Richardson is something of an anomaly in today’s artistic climate. In deciding to bypass the abstract in favour of realism, this young painter- a man seemingly unaffected by todays
A New painting of one of the country’s literary greats Hone Tuwhare, will be exhibited in Dunedin next month.
“Not 21st century enough” was how Simon Richardson felt in the company of his peers and tutors at Otago Polytechnic School of Art in the 1990s.
Months of painting alone were rewarded when Dunedin artist Simon Richardson won the 15th annual Mainland Art Awards on Saturday night.
The Shining star in this weeks line up is Simon Richardson whose works are now showing at the Marshall Seifert Annex.
Young Artist Simon Richardson has received international recognition twice in the past year but he is still struggling for support in New Zealand.