Richard Whadcock

I am an artist based in Brighton, England and have been represented by the Northcote Gallery London since 1994 and regularly exhibit nationally and internationally. My work is focused on paintings and drawings of the South Downs.

"Richard Whadcock continues his exploration of the South Downs and coastal landscape beyond. Whadcock’s lyrical paintings possess a dignity and serenity. Pure and sensitive, the emotions that enter tend to be of a quiet and meditative nature, each painting an emotional heartland and a place to restore our balance.

Whadcock employs subtle effects of light and dark, light and shade or a gradual differentiation of one and the same tone. In Clearing he offers a point of calm only moments before the advent of a heavy storm front. The painting is shot through with an extraordinary subtle range of colour and seems removed from the current context of time. Within the stillness of the clearing there is a sense of shifting, a thrumming, in the vibration of the atmosphere.

The use of oil on canvas allows Whadcock to add subsequent layers of paint without impairing or covering the layer below. By using extremely fine and transparent layers the application of a glaze gently modifies the colour over which it is laid, allowing backgrounds to be shaded off or nuances of tone to be achieved. Intersection invites the viewer to meditate on the landscape while thin veils of colour engage the senses drawing the viewer in to marks, lines and traces of life.

The sensual curve of the landscape in Contours calls to mind the thoughts of philosopher Gaston Bachelard, ‘the grace of a curve is an invitation to remain. We cannot break away from it without hoping to return’. Richard Whadcock’s landscapes echo this response, calling the viewer to return time and again.

A. L. Ryvold, October

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2011 Northcote Gallery, London
2010 Northcote Gallery, London
2009 Northcote Gallery, london
2008 Northcote Gallery, London
2007 Northcote Gallery, London
2006 Adam Gallery, London
2005 Northcote Gallery, London
2004 Adam Gallery, London
Northcote Gallery, London
2003 Gallery One, London
2003 Vertigo Gallery, London
2002 Northcote Gallery, London
2001 White Gallery, Brighton
2000 E1 Gallery, London
1998 E1 Gallery, London
1997 Zella Gallery, London

EXHIBITIONS:

2011

ArtLondon

Art Hamptons, New York 

2010

Art London

Brussels Art Fair

2009
National Open Art Competition, Chichester

2008
Art 2008, Adam Gallery, London

2007
Art 2007, Adam Gallery, London
21/20 British Art fair, London

2006
Art 2006, Adam Gallery, London

2005
Art 2005, Adam Gallery, London

2004
Art 2004, Adam Gallery, London
Art London, Northcote Gallery, London

2003
Art 2003, Adam Gallery, London
Art London, Northcote Gallery, London
Art London 2003, Vertigo Gallery, London
Palm Beach Art Fair, Adam Gallery, USA
Vertigo Gallery, Gallery Artists, London

2002
Adam Gallery, New Contemporaries, London
Gallery One, London
Art 2002, Adam Gallery, London
Art First, Starting A Collection, London
Affordable Art fair, Northcote Gallery
Vertigo Gallery, Gallery Artists, London
Gallery One, Drawings, london

2001
Vertigo Gallery, London
Art 2001, London Art Show
Fresh Art, London
Starting a Collection, Art First, London
Affordable Art Fair, Northcote Gallery

2000
Art Paris, Carrousel du Louvre
A.A.F. London, Northcote Gallery
New Elemental Aesthetic, E1 Gallery
Starting A Collection 2000, Art First, London
Art London, Chelsea

1999
Starting A Collection, Art First, London
Affordable Art Fair, London. Northcote Gallery
Mind the Gap, Utah University, USA Touring
London Art Show, London
Vital Art, Cowcross Gallery, London
Group Show, Work Place Arts


COLLECTIONS:
Robert Horne Collection
Lowick House Collection
Gulbenkian Collection
Southern Illinois Collection
Private collections

AWARDS:
1996 Robert Horne Paper Award
Princes Trust/Sports Council
1991 Daler Rowney Award

RESIDENCIES:
1996 Lowick House Print Workshop
1995 Cheltenham College of Art