Ricky Romain :: Human Rights Artist
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'And the tongues of men were joined in the first wrath, before song.' 2008  Oil paint, indian ink and pastel on paper. 20 x 20cm.Private Collection

'And the tongues of men were joined in the first wrath, before song.' 2008 Oil paint, indian ink and pastel on paper. 20 x 20cm.Private Collection

Mute Ventriloquist. 2008 oil paint and indian ink on paper. 20 x 20cm. £200

Mute Ventriloquist. 2008 oil paint and indian ink on paper. 20 x 20cm. £200

Strings attached. 2008. oil paint and indian ink on paper. 20 x 20cm. Private Collection.

Strings attached. 2008. oil paint and indian ink on paper. 20 x 20cm. Private Collection.

Here is where silence is gathered up. 2008. pastel and indian ink on paper. 20 x 20cm. £200

Here is where silence is gathered up. 2008. pastel and indian ink on paper. 20 x 20cm. £200

Without strings. 2007. oil paint on paper. 21 x 13.5cm. £185.

Without strings. 2007. oil paint on paper. 21 x 13.5cm. £185.

Someone who never had a name. 2008. oil paint,indian ink and pastel on paper. 20 x 20cm. Private Collection.

Someone who never had a name. 2008. oil paint,indian ink and pastel on paper. 20 x 20cm. Private Collection.

They never saw what they were not used to seeing. 2008. 20 x 20cm.Represented by Market House Gallery Marazion. tel 01736 710252.

They never saw what they were not used to seeing. 2008. 20 x 20cm.Represented by Market House Gallery Marazion. tel 01736 710252.

Keeping warm. 2008. Pastel and indian onk on paper. 22 x 17cm.Represented by Market House Gallery Marazion. Tel:01736 710252.

Keeping warm. 2008. Pastel and indian onk on paper. 22 x 17cm.Represented by Market House Gallery Marazion. Tel:01736 710252.

Broken Strings. 2006. Oil paint and indian ink on paper. 14 x 10cm £120

Broken Strings. 2006. Oil paint and indian ink on paper. 14 x 10cm £120

My brother my keeper. 2007. oil paint and indian ink on canvas. 19.5 x 14.5cm. Represented by Market House Gallery Marazion.Tel:01736 710252

My brother my keeper. 2007. oil paint and indian ink on canvas. 19.5 x 14.5cm. Represented by Market House Gallery Marazion.Tel:01736 710252

Broken heart. 2005. Indian ink and pastel on paper. 20 x 13.5cm. £145

Broken heart. 2005. Indian ink and pastel on paper. 20 x 13.5cm. £145

Jounrneymen. 2005. Indian ink and pastel on paper. 32 x 27cm. £200

Jounrneymen. 2005. Indian ink and pastel on paper. 32 x 27cm. £200

Looking Forward, Looking Back. pastel, indian ink, oil paint on paper. 32cm x 14cm . 2010. Private Collection

Looking Forward, Looking Back. pastel, indian ink, oil paint on paper. 32cm x 14cm . 2010. Private Collection

It's all about Listening. oil and indian ink on paper. 20cm x 20cm. 2010. Private Collection

It's all about Listening. oil and indian ink on paper. 20cm x 20cm. 2010. Private Collection

Kept Quite. oil and indian ink on paper. 20cm x 20cm. 2010 £300

Kept Quite. oil and indian ink on paper. 20cm x 20cm. 2010 £300

Spring in the air. oil and indian ink on paper. 20cm x 20cm. Private Collection.

Spring in the air. oil and indian ink on paper. 20cm x 20cm. Private Collection.

A simple tenderness. oil and ink on paper 15cm x15cm. 2010 Private Collection

A simple tenderness. oil and ink on paper 15cm x15cm. 2010 Private Collection

Movement towards dance. oil and indian ink on paper. 32cm. x 15cm 2010. Private Collection

Movement towards dance. oil and indian ink on paper. 32cm. x 15cm 2010. Private Collection

My Brother. indian ink and oil paint on paper. 2011. 20cm x 20cm £200

My Brother. indian ink and oil paint on paper. 2011. 20cm x 20cm £200

4 Friends. Indian ink and oil paint on paper. 15cm x15cm 2011 £200

4 Friends. Indian ink and oil paint on paper. 15cm x15cm 2011 £200

Small blue head. oil paint and indian ink on paper. 2007 15cm x 11 cm £100

Small blue head. oil paint and indian ink on paper. 2007 15cm x 11 cm £100

Small Red Head. oil paint and Indian ink on paper. 2007 15cm x 11cm £100

Small Red Head. oil paint and Indian ink on paper. 2007 15cm x 11cm £100

Study for Yom Kippur No 1. Mixed Media on  Paper

Study for Yom Kippur No 1. Mixed Media on Paper

Study for Yom Kippur No 2. Mixed media on paper

Study for Yom Kippur No 2. Mixed media on paper

Study for Yom Kippur No 3. Mixed media on paper.

Study for Yom Kippur No 3. Mixed media on paper.

Study for Yom Kippur No 4. mixed media on paper

Study for Yom Kippur No 4. mixed media on paper

Study for Yom Kippur No 5. Mixed media on paper.

Study for Yom Kippur No 5. Mixed media on paper.

Study for Yom Kippur No 6. Mixed media on paper

Study for Yom Kippur No 6. Mixed media on paper

Sketch Books


This section shows a few examples of sketches that have been scanned directly to the site.
My sketchbooks often reveal how my ideas and pre-occupations are intrinsic to my mark-making. New thoughts interplay with old obsessions, thus creating dynamic challenges during the process of composition for larger work.

I am interested in the idea of puppets (out side the usual context of childrens’s story-telling) and all the associated metaphors of string pulling etc.
The effigies that we create may well reveal insights about our feelings of helplessness in the midst of global turmoil?
As all my figures are symbols of humanity, rather than portraits of actual people, they could all be considered to be puppets in that sense. Dwelling on the puppet motif helps me to express ideas of feudalism, as well as master/servant relationships, the vulnerability of trafficked peoples, and the manipulation of some fundamentalist religious teachers.
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