 fine arts impressionist, expressionist painter - impasto oil colour
The new zealand artist Richard Ponder has developed his art into colourful free-flowing expressionistic paintings. The recent paintings are expressive, nay explosive oil colours, with thin transparent areas and thick sculptured impasto bravado curls, sweeps and slashes. Some of the paintings are designed to be back-lit, accentuating the jewel-like thin transparent areas. Subjects of the recent paintings include landscape, cityscape, floral, urban, portraits, as well as an important pondscape series, and paintings that come directly from his soul. 'These are the worst paintings I have ever seen. I advise you to
stop painting.'
Art lecturer and critic, James Cook University, 1975
Richard Ponder has been painting professionally since the 1970's, and first started
painting with his father in New Zealand. During his four years of painting in Australia
the artist developed the palette knife technique which he passed onto many followers, and
other new zealand artists
including his brother Michael Ponder.
Richard Ponder paintings originally were impressions of various subjects; later he
became well known and sought-after for his impressionistic Flower
series and his representational paintings, especially landscapes. During the 1990's
Richard's painting became more impressionistic to expressionistic, and includes the
cityscape at night series.
Recent influences on Richard Ponder's paintings include Monet, Van Gogh, Perceval,
Pollock, Affandi and Sumadiyasa.
Recent work of Richard and many other New Zealand artists is on display at the
RPonders' RONA GALLERY in Eastbourne Wellington, New Zealand. Many of the colourful
paintings can be seen Richard Ponders' online gallery of art by new zealand artists
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