Painting has the ability to evoke an emotional response linking us to our natural environment. Identifying with a landscape painting comes from recognition of one’s natural world, where one lives or where one comes from. As an artist, I am focused on the sublime atmosphere of my surroundings more so than its details. My intention is to paint the intangible, the ever-changing light in the sky, the smell of the weather before a storm or how the wind moves the air around you. I am inspired by the wonders of that changing landscape.
Richard Cole
