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Dartmoor – Theatre of Light Exhibition 2016

Ric Horner & Dr Ian Mortimer

The ‘Theatre of Light’ exhibition was a big success. Many thanks to everyone who came along. Half of the exhibition was sold while it was on. 

Thanks to Ric’s longstanding friend, brilliant supporter and art collector, Devon based historian and internationally acclaimed author of ‘The Time Traveler’s Series’ and ‘Centuries of Change‘, Dr Ian Mortimer, he was able to put on a stunning exhibition of  40 new landscape paintings on the theme of Dartmoor National Park, which were on display at Green Hill Arts Gallery in Moretonhampstead.

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Ric Horner is one of the country’s leading landscape painters, whose professional career spans more than 30 years. Graduating from Exeter College of Art in 1989, he spent the first two years of his career living and working on Dartmoor, developing a unique and profound engagement with light and distance. His artwork has a metaphorical resonance that is reminiscent of great nineteenth-century landscape painting and yet it is utterly modern, firmly resisting the urban and technological  world.

  http://visitmoretonhampstead.co.uk. 


www.ianmortimer.com

 Dr Mortimer says about Ric’s work:

“I have no doubt that, in due course, Ric Horner will be recognised as one of the most significant landscape artists of our time. His dedication is astounding; his integrity no less so. For me it has been a privilege and an honour to be so closely involved with this exhibition, and to have been able to buy a number of his paintings over the years. For you, I hope this vision of our place in the world, carved out of the light that falls on all of us, proves equally rewarding. In this exhibition, you will find yourself on a road at night having just seen the first welcoming streetlight of the village: you will soon be home and warm. The sun has gone down behind Laughter Tor leaving a few drifting clouds and vapour trails in the deep blue sky: the seemingly eternal rocky outcrop is juxtaposed with the ephemeral vestiges of the day. But the most striking feature of these Dartmoor paintings is the light. Often the painting is not actually about the hill, rock or any other object in the distance; it is about the space between you and that object. It is a portrait of the light, a place where skies brood, threaten, delight, obscure with mist, groan with rain or brighten with a ray of optimism.”

 

 

 

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“A stunning exhibition of the highest calibre!”

“Poetic, beautiful, bold and absolutely marvellous!”

They are  sublime. So magical and true to the atmosphere”

“Ric Horner’s work is superb – truly spectacular!”

“Breathtaking views and big skies! Fabulous.”

Wow! “I absolutely love your work; such stunning paintings. The most amazing sky and little houses shining like jewels.  What an uplifting exhibition!”

 Green Hill Arts www.greenhillarts.co.uk  is open weekly from 10am-4pm from Tuesday to Saturday.

Fore Street
Moretonhampstead
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ13 8LL
Contact Tel: 01647 440775
Email: contact@greenhillarts.co.uk

A 32-page catalogue (A5) with an introduction by  Dr Mortimer is also available. 

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Below: Friends Ian Mortimer and Ric Horner on field trip to The Strangles in Sept 2014, where the idea of the ‘Theatre of Light ‘ exhibition was first perceived.

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Ric is available for commissions. Please contact him at: enquiries@richorner.com, if you fancy your own favourite landscape views painted.

At Gallery Jessica Dove, Ilfracombe, North Devon

 

 

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From 2015 – 2022 Ric was represented by Gallery Jessica Dove in 8 High Street Ilfracombe, North Devon. Sadly, this place no longer exists. www.galleryjessicadove.com

 

 

This lovely gouache painting left featuring a ‘Yorkshire Landscape’ has recently been purchased by     Michael Gallagher –  Head of Conservation at the MET – Museum of Modern Art in New York.

 

 

A 66 foot stainless steel and bronze sculpture named Verity, created by world famous artist Damien Hirst, stands on the pier at the entrance to Ilfracombe Harbour looking out over the Bristol Channel towards South Wales. The name of the piece refers to “truth” and Hirst describes his work as a “modern allegory of truth and justice”.

 

 

Gallery Jessica Dove
8 High Street
Ilfracombe
Devon,  EX34 9DF      Open Tues- Sun
Telephone:  01271 867222 / 865138
galleryjessicadove@btinternet.com

 

 

 

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