Richard Bartle

Coil to the soil

I am delighted to be a part of A BELL IS A CUP UNTIL ITS RUNG THE FIRST ROUND PROPER. SECOND HALF. Opens Friday 17th April 12-6pm Everyday till 25th April. Bloc Projects And see my painting Inccuro Lagamorpha Curated by Kate Jacob, Stephen Carley and Sean Williams a show about painting and paint, in various forms, materials and substrate, which uses the language of football to explore the process and practice of painting from a different perspective. Swopping one set of jargon for another; game plan, 4-4-2 formation, defensive play, open goal, long pass, attack. Drawing teams like a tournement draw, names in a hat two teams, two halves. 48 players per team. Spilt into two halves across three weeks 96 artists from across the UK and Europe. The Second Half.. Bloc Projects, 71 Eyre Lane, Sheffield S1 4RB. THE FIRST ROUND PROPER. An exhibition of two halves. THE FIRST HALF 6-14 April. THE SECOND HALF 17-25 April. 12-6pm, each day. No extra time. No replays. Straight to penalties. Exhibiting artists Jonathan Alibone @pauliepaul55 Richard Baker Richard Bartle @louise.bass3 Karl Bielik Chris Blackburn Richard Bolam @studiojanecallaghan GM7CT @nancollantine Alison Critchlow Lisa Denyer @alisonedmondsart Paul Kenneth Evans @jimeverstudio Salvatore Fiorello Jo Fleming Misa Gott @rob_hall_painter @warrenhayesapainter @traceyhollanduk @geof_howe @carolineingham_paintings Kate Jacob @richard_johnson_painter David Jones @Lister_art Craig Longmuir Anita June @lsmertens Rob Moore Rebecca O’Hooley Ava Ord Jen Orpin Sam Owen Hull @bobpartridgeart Mandy Payne Georgia Peskett @rachelrhodesstudio Lisa Robinson Gary Simmonds @billstewart.artist @kate.whateley Joanna Whittle Sean Williams Kate Wilson ARWS hannah woo

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I’m giving a talk on 14th April about my work and the collaboration I’m doing with @wessexarch and Sheffield castle. It’s to the Hunter Archaeological Society, but all are welcome. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. Tuesday 14th April. 7:30pm. The Showroom Cinema. Room 5. Sheffield. The talk is about 45 minutes long, plus questions. #art #painting #archaeology #sheffield #contemporarypainting

Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday dear Bloc Happy Birthday to you! 30 years old today.

Today was my first rummage through the finds from Sheffield Castle at Wessex Archaeology. So many beautiful fragments of the past to work with. A massive thank you to Jazz and Ash for guiding me through and being so patient with me! @wessexarch #archaeology #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting

Work goes out to exhibitions and returns home. New works begins. It’s only seeing so much of it together that I realise how engrossed I’ve been in this project over the past 3 years.

Dapper Dashing Dapple 2026 Acrylic on canvas 85cm x 60cm #art #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #detectorist

Rammelan 2026 Acrylic on canvas 85cm x 60cm #art #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #detectorist

Incurro Lagomorpha. 2026 Acrylic on canvas 85cm x 60cm #art #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #detectorist

Bloc Projects Reception Gallery presents: Princes and Paupers By Richard Bartle 5 Feb – 1 Mar 2026 Opens Feb 6-8pm Princes and Paupers is part of an ongoing series titled Unearthed, inspired by the landscape at our feet: the natural rocks, the rubble and broken pottery of our ancestors, as well as the lost junk and the precious artefacts buried below. Unearthed through a combination of field-walking and using a metal detector, the process of discovery is a performative act that binds the artist and the land together. Presented as a collection of found objects free floating on fields of raw canvas, the subsequent compositions evoke the history of the landscape and the melting pot of cultural identity. The discovery, deconstruction and production exist within a liminal space - both at the junction of the past and the present, as well as the threshold of the imagined and the real. Nature itself plays a critical role: that which is buried, particularly metal, undergoes a form of alchemical transmutation through the natural oxidisation process, creating surfaces of intricate patinas and beauty. These surfaces are recreated through observation and the building up of layers of paint. The compositions are created using a projector and outlined. Paint is applied using layers of washes, pouring, scraping, and splattering techniques, all of which are sanded and stripped in the end. These methods evolve with the objects and control is given over to chance. Once again, the liminal is present; this time, between abstraction and representation. Bloc Projects 71 Eyre Lane Sheffield S1 4RB @BlocProjects #artexhibition #art #exhibition #contemporaryart #painting