MANY VARIED INFLUENCES

BY SANDY HAWORTH

A SCULPTOR who has studied in England, Eire, Paris 

and Japan is now bringing his collection to Milton Keynes.



  Richard Field's exhibition opens at Stantonbury Gallery on Monday.

  After failing to find a job as an art teacher.  Richard turned 

his hand to sculpture 12 years ago.   He returned to England from 

Paris in 1986,  and has taught full-time and continued art work 

his spare time.  "I visited Japan in 1986 to work with Japanese 

artists and intend to live and work there permanently at the end 

of 1988." He said.

  "My works may appear more abstract than real to some 

viewers, and more real than abstract to others.

  "Every work in the exhibition is drawn or sculpted from 

real objects or situations.

  "My process is only one of selection from nature elements 

to comprise powerfully.

  "I will continue in the future sculpting less portrait 

work and more forms based upon bones, skulls and mountains 

influenced by oriental landscape painting.

  "At the same time, I an studying European medieval art 

with a view to creating sculptures representing scenes from 

the lives of British saints."

The exhibition is open until July 16.