RICHARD WHADCOCK FALLING LIGHT
GLOUCESTER
ROOM
R I C H A R D W H A D C O C K
FALLING LIGHT
7th November – 23rd December 2022
Mondays to Saturdays: 10am to 6pm
Sundays: 11am to 5pm
GLOUCESTER ROOM
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The attempt to reduce compositions down to their barest minimal lines and hues defines these paintings. There is often the sense of a landscape coming into being, suffused with early light or the indeterminacy of dusk. The floating softness of the image allows the viewer to move their gaze within it as one would upon a hazy view’
- Cherry Smyth Poet, writer & art critic.
RICHARD WHADCOCK
FALLING LIGHT
Over the course of a career spanning 25 years, Richard Whadcock has established himself as one of Britain’s leading landscape painters Known for his ethereal depictions of the East Sussex countryside, Whadcock’s primary source of inspiration is the shifting effects of light and shade experienced during long hikes across the chalk hills and rolling fields of the South Downs
Through the meticulous layering of transparent oil glazes, Whadcock captures a sense of light refracted through weatheral prisms of mist, fog and water. The sublime Romanticism of the resulting images recall the late, unfinished works of J M W Turner but Whadcock’s world is less disturbed by the destructive forces of nature Instead we are invited to gaze, meditatively, into glowing fields of diffused colour that draw influence from another of Whadcock’s great inspirationsAbstract Expressionism. Peering through the gossamer of shimmering hues, shadowy forms emerge to suggest great masses of prehistoric rock but the fluidity of the paint softens our focus and reminds us that the natural landscape is anything but permanent Whadcock finds magic here in the falling light of dusk, the interval between day and night, when reflection meets anticipation and horizons evaporate into air.
Since completing an MA in Printmaking at the Royal College of Art, Richard Whadcock has exhibited extensively in the UK, Europe and America. His works are represented in private and public collections worldwide Falling Light presents 24 new works in oil on canvas and paper comprising Richard’s first solo exhibition at Gloucester Room
WORKS ON CANVAS
RICHARD WHADCOCK
Blue Embers
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 80.5 x 80.5 cm
Frame dimensions 98 X 98 cm
Price framed: £12,000 SOLD
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Field Walkers
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 100 x 100 cm
Frame dimensions 118 x 118 cm
Price framed: £13,500
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Silence Watched
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 100 x 120 cm
Frame dimensions 118 x 138 cm
Price framed: £14,500
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Ethereal Dance
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 80.5 x 80.5 cm
Frame dimensions 98.5 x 98.5 cm
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Daybreak Beckons
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 100 x 105 cm
Frame dimensions 118 x 119 cm
Price framed: £13,500 RESERVED
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Passage Way
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 80.5 x 101 cm
Frame dimensions 98.5 x 119 cm
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Downland Chalk
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 120 x 120 cm
Frame dimensions 138 x 138 cm
Price framed: £15,500
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Sheer Sky Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 100 x 80 cm
Frame dimensions 118 x 98 cm
Price framed: £12,500
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Evermore
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 75 x 100 cm
Frame dimensions 93 x 118 cm
Price framed: £11,500 SOLD
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Storm Chasing
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 120 x 120 cm
Frame dimensions 138 x 138 cm
Price framed: £15,500
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Broadwater
Morn
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 50 x 50 cm
Frame dimensions 65 x 65 cm
Price framed: £7,000
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Quiet Storm Crossing Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 70 x 70 cm
Frame dimensions 88 x 88 cm
Price framed: £9,000
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Land Trails
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 70 x 70 cm
Frame dimensions 88 x 88 cm
Price framed: £9,000
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Early Rise
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 50 x 50 cm
Frame dimensions 65 x 65 cm
Price framed: £7,000
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Dusk’s Embrace
Oil on canvas
Artwork dimensions: 140x 90 cm
Frame dimensions 158 x 108 cms
Price framed: £15,500
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WORKS ON PAPER
Silent Water
Oil on paper
Artwork dimensions: 60.5 x 50.5 cm
Frame dimensions 70.5 x 60.5 cm
Price framed: £4,500 SOLD
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Shadow Tree
Oil on paper
Artwork dimensions: 50 x 50 cm
Frame dimensions: 64 x 64 cm
Price framed: £4,200 SOLD
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Downsview
Oil on paper
Artwork dimensions: 71 x 51 cm
Frame dimensions 81 x 61.5 cm
Price framed: £4,750
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Wind's Breath
Oil on paper
Artwork dimensions: 50 x 60 cm
Frame dimensions 60 x 70 cm
Price framed: £4,500 SOLD
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Lake Edge Oil on paper
Artwork dimensions: 60.5 x 50.5 cm
Frame dimensions 70.5 x 60.5 cm
Price framed: £4,500
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Ridge View
Oil on paper
Artwork dimensions: 71 x 50.5 cm
Frame dimensions 81 x 61.5 cm
Price framed: £4,750
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Night Falls
Oil on paper
Artwork dimensions: 37 x 37 cm
Frame dimensions: 51 x 51 cm
Price framed: £3,300
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Reverie Oil on paper
Artwork dimensions: 38 x 38 cm
Frame dimensions 52 x 52 cm
Price framed: £4,750
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RICHARD WHADCOCK
Late Light
Oil on paper
Artwork dimensions: 70 x 50 cm
Frame dimensions 81 x 61.5 cm
Price framed: £4,750
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R I C H A R D W H A D C O C K
FALLING LIGHT
The paintings featured in this catalogue are available for purchase ahead of the opening of the exhibition on 7th November. Please contact the gallery if you are interested in any of the works featured.
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