Summer in the Alentejo. ……  Artist Richard Suckling captures the heat and dust of the Summer in the Alentejo,one of Portugals most beautiful regions. The temperatures can rise in the summer up 90f
helping to create intense patterns of brilliant light and deep shadows.
A committed plein air artist he endures the soaring temperatures.  
Richard works with soft pastels ,luxurious to handle and rich in pigment. Soft pastels gives him the ability to work swiftly, which is a necessity on location.  His style ,although loose and in parts adstracted remains true to the subject matter.   
Trained at the Cambridge School of art and then the Camberwell collage of Art in London.