Theatre of Light - Ric Horner

Devon has probably inspired more landscapes and seascapes than any other English county, so it is no surprise that it has lured back one of Britain’s most accomplished landscape painters, Ric Horner, for his new show, which presents a new series of views of Dartmoor.
After graduating from Exeter College in 1989, Ric spent two years living and working in Devon. It was here on Dartmoor that he developed a profound engagement with light and distance. This engagement continued to drive his art forward after he moved away, so that he has subsequently become one of the foremost exponents of painting the spaces we ‘want to walk into’ when we view a landscape. His work has now been exhibited across Southern England – from Devon to Kent, and from Bristol to London.
It is this ability to paint light and distance that marks his work out as that rare thing – a truly contemporary approach to landscape painting. Yet the paintings themselves are also strangely timeless. This is the mark of a technically brilliant painter. In defiance of a society that is sometimes suspicious of virtuosity, Ric allows us the enormous satisfaction of joining a serious artist at the height of his powers in contemplation of the natural world that embraces us all.
Since college days, Ric has been a close friend of the Devon-based historian, Dr Ian Mortimer (author of The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England and its Elizabethan follow-up). Dr Mortimer will introduce Ric on the opening night of the show and talk about his work. He and Ric are both available to discuss how their respective careers have developed side by side, with a surprising number of points in common.

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