The Great Atlantic Church Street Gallery is pleased to present a new collection of paintings by Howard Coles.
Howard Coles RCA
Howard studies sculpture at Cardiff College of Art. While teaching in Singapore he allied his painting with printmaking to create the synthesis and economy of the literal underpinnings of his paintings which we see today.
Leaving the realms of pedagogy in 1991 he moved to the Lleyn Peninsula to paint from a landscape which has sustained his creative work over some twenty five years or more.
Working from his studio at Llanystumdwy his paintings and prints continue to be pulled and shaped by reaction and interpretation of a powerful landscape.
His paintings suggest reaction and response to, rather than any literal translation of, his subject. His technique infers some chanced upon occurrence or sensations deemed important enough to be committed to paper and canvas.
Earlier formative work in sculpture and printmaking can be seen in marks and gestures which gouge and re-surface each painting. Scored lines, wheal-like, create energy and form. Blacks are intense and blue synonymous with the liquid depths of the sea.
Any response to literal foundations of his subject is sometimes blatant and
face-on, at other times it barely registers as comment, but no painting is ever totally devoid of its landscape origins.
He has had numerous one man and group shoes and is represented by
galleries in the Principality, Scotland and Australia.
An academician of the Royal Cambrian Academy, he continues to show mainly within Wales, while national collections in Malaysia and Singapore hold his work with much being found in the hands of private individuals worldwide.
Please call 01600 714527 or e-mail: gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk to reserve the painting of your choice.
Paintings may be collected by arrangement or we can arrange delivery from as little as £20 depending on size and distance. Money back if not entirely satisfied (provided we are informed within 3 days of your painting being collected/delivered). Cheques and all major credit cards accepted. Colours may vary between the original paintings and the reproductions shown here. All paintings are framed.
Coastal landscape
16 x 22” 40.5 x 56cm mixed media
Wet beach, shimmering
17 x 24” 43 x 61cm mixed media
Old sea wall - Mawddach Estuary
22 x 31” 56 x 79cm mixed media
Tide field and outcrop
20 x 24” 50 x 60.5cm mixed media
Out to the bar
12 x 16” 30.5 x 40.5cm oil on board
Sea cliffs - Lleyn Peninsula
22 x 32” 56 x 81cm mixed media
Springtide - the Mawddach Estuary
20 x 24” 50 x 61cm mixed media
Early morning - Porth Ysglaig
20 x 24” 50 x 61cm mixed media
Grey day - Marloes Sands
15 x 19” 38 x 38cm mixed media
Porth Coleman
22 x 32” 56 x 81cm mixed media
Porth Ysglaig
22 x 32” 56 x 81cm mixed media
Bird Rock
22 x 32” 56 x 81cm mixed media
Evening light, above Cwmorthin
22 x 32” 56 x 81cm mixed media
Waiting for the tide
22 x 24” 56 x 61cm mixed media
Storm Shore
15 x 19” 38 x 48cm mixed media
20th - 31st August 2005
Opening times 10.30 a.m. till 5.00 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday
The Great Atlantic Church Street Gallery
19 Church Street Monmouth NP25 3BX
Telephone: 01600 714527 or 01736 788911
www.greatatlantic.co.uk
e-mail: gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk
