Rich’s works range from large scale installations to small, constructed scenes, formed from the remnants of boats or other objects he has found walking or sailing along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall.

It is strange how a discarded object, which customarily one might be largely oblivious to, is, when appropriated by an artist, suddenly made the focus of active attention, demands closer examination. His interventions are a metaphysical, even totemic, expression of our relationship with the sea. Often dwarfed against a backdrop of sea-worn paint and the scars left by maritime use or the interaction of sea and coast itself, his motifs of small jibbed sailing boats serve as symbols of hope and struggle against tribulation.