Richard Cole elegantly captures the essence of ephemeral sunbeams and the unexpected beauty of landscape behind an incandescent film of dappled light.
Cole's gentle, picturesque paintings radiate warmth and serenity, featuring expertly layered soft hues and shadows that elevate and further highlight resplendent, lingering light as it breaks over a hillside or between parting clouds and shifting leaves. Masterfully recreating the flare of a lens or a brilliant flash before one's eyes, the artist's work pays tribute to glancing rays in such a way as to evoke an emotional response akin to being in the physical presence of nature. Highly aware of the source and positioning of illumination, Cole grounds each piece with a celebration of light and its transitory legacy. In doing so Cole presents viewers with a tangible, tranquil frozen moment of time, honouring the minutest of moments and the inherent magnificence of a multitude of landscapes, oceans capes and country sides.
