Raymond Ching New Zealand, b. 1939

Works
  • Raymond Ching, The Goose in a Ruff at Sea
    Raymond Ching
    The Goose in a Ruff at Sea
    Oils on board
    91 x 76 cm
  • Raymond Ching, A White Faced Heron, Matuku-moana, 1986
    Raymond Ching
    A White Faced Heron, Matuku-moana, 1986
    Watercolour
    28 x 40 cm
    Illustrated: New Zealand Birds: An Artist's Field Studies, p.73 Reed Methuen, published 1986
    Signed upper right
  • Raymond Ching, Study 1, The Broad & Narrow Ways, 1989
    Raymond Ching
    Study 1, The Broad & Narrow Ways, 1989
    Graphite on paper
    55 x 74 cm
    Signed- R Harris-Ching. Dated 11.4.89
  • Raymond Ching, A Young Man 1995
    Raymond Ching
    A Young Man 1995
    Oil on panel
    39.5 x 27 cm
    Signed
  • Raymond Ching, K.W. 1994-96
    Raymond Ching
    K.W. 1994-96
    Oil on canvas
    65.5 x 53 cm
    Signed
  • Raymond Ching, Kiri Te Kanawa
    Raymond Ching
    Kiri Te Kanawa
    Watercolour on paper
    27 x 24 cm
    Signed lower left
  • Raymond Ching, Vanessa
    Raymond Ching
    Vanessa
    Watercolour
    65 x 54 cm
    Inscribed Rye, 1978 lower left
    Illustrated: The Art of Raymond Ching Paintings and Drawings 1972-1979 Peter Hansard Page 160
    Signed upper left
  • Raymond Ching, Takahe Notomis Mantelli, 1981
    Raymond Ching
    Takahe Notomis Mantelli, 1981
    Pencil on paper
    53.3 x 36.8 cm
    Illustrated: p. 199 Studies and Sketches of a Bird Painter, Paintings, Drawings and text by Raymond Ching, Errol Fuller, Landsdowne Editions, 1981
  • Raymond Ching, Back Study
    Raymond Ching
    Back Study
    Graphite on Tracing Paper
    53 x 37 cm
    Signed lower right: Raymond Ching
  • Raymond Ching, Nude 1979 Reclining
    Raymond Ching
    Nude 1979 Reclining
    Graphite on paper
    29 x 70 cm
    Illustrated: Peter Hansard. The Art of Raymond Ching p. 191
    Signed lower right 'Raymond Ching'
  • Raymond Ching, Nude, 1979
    Raymond Ching
    Nude, 1979
    Graphite on paper
    34 x 59.5 cm
    Inscribed 328
    Illustrated: Peter Hansard. The Art of Raymond Ching p. 188
    Signed upper left: Raymond Ching
  • Raymond Ching, Portrait with Arms Folded
    Raymond Ching
    Portrait with Arms Folded
    Graphite on paper
    39 x 30 cm
    Signed lower right: Raymond Ching
  • Raymond Ching, Ruby Tuesday
    Raymond Ching
    Ruby Tuesday
    Graphite on arches paper
    55 x 71 cm
    Signed lower right: Ray Ching
  • Raymond Ching, Study for Broad & Narrow Ways
    Raymond Ching
    Study for Broad & Narrow Ways
    Graphite on paper
    27 x 66 cm
    Signed lower left & upper right
Biography
Raymond Ching
From studios in both New Zealand and the west country of England, Ray Ching has painted the people and the birds around him and with his engaging magic realism, for more than six decades. He is represented in New Zealand with work in The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatū, The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

Books documenting his paintings include: The Readers Digest Book of British Birds, 1969, The Bird Paintings, 1978, Studies & sketches of a Bird Painter, 1981, The Art of Raymond Ching, 1981, Wild Portraits, 1988, Ray Harris Ching, Journey of an Artist, 1990, Voice from the Wilderness, 1994, Aesop`s Kiwi Fables, 2012, Dawn Chorus, 2014, Aesop’s Outback Fables, 2018 & the limited edition Fabled Lands 2021, and now in 2024, Ching’s sixteenth book illustrated with his own paintings, The Huia & our Tears, a 279 page hardcover to be launched at Artis Gallery in Parnell on October 22nd 2024.
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