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Whitstable Cards & Prints

July 10, 2024 RicHorner

Established land and seascape painter Ric Horner focuses in his work on the elemental qualities of light, the energy of weather and the drama of the sea. He creates highly atmospheric paintings that feature Kentish coastal, harbour and beach scenes, focusing often on the stunning sunsets seen in Whitstable.

Whitstable is situated in the Canterbury district, on the north coast of Kent adjoining the convergence of the Swale Estuary and the Greater Thames Estuary in south-eastern England. It sits five miles north of Canterbury and two miles west of Herne Bay and has been attracting visitors for centuries with its charm, beautiful scenery and cosy atmosphere.

All of Ric’s Prints are available directly from his online Shop. There is also designated page for all things Canterbury.

If you like to view his whole range of Whitstable cards go to: Cards, alternatively you can find his individual cards in two places on Whitstable: High Street: George’s Mini Market and The Horsebridge centre, but also directly from Ric’s studio ( by appointment only).

Dancing with clouds, 37 x 37cm – mounted giclée print – £50.00 (including postage & packaging)

Above: Evening at Whitstable Harbour, 40 x 50cm, mounted print on paper – £ 50 (including postage & packaging)

Above: Whitstable Harbour in turquoise tones. 40 x 40cm, print on paper of – framed £ 75

Above: Whitstable Harbour, 30 x 42cm, print on paper – £ 20 (including postage & packaging)

Above: The Neptune, Whitstable, 27 x 16cm, Giclée prints on paper – £ 27.00 (including postage & packaging)

To arrange a studio visit call 07835294317, or email enquiries@richorner.com.

Original water colour studies and prints in Ric’s studio.

All original oil on canvas paintings are listed on the page : Available Paintings – June 2024

Coming up! Fishslab Gallery exhibition from 6th – 13th August 2024

July 9, 2024 RicHorner

Ric’ next exhibition in Whitstable will be from 6th – 13th August 2024 at the Fishslab Gallery in 11 Oxford Street, Whitstable instagram.com/fishslabgallery.

On show will be about 22 original oil on canvas paintings, as well as a wide range of Gouache/ Water colour studies and many attractive greeting cards of Whitstable and surroundings.

Feel free to get in touch to arrange a studio visit prior to this event, if you are interested in purchasing any of his original pieces, or prints.

Ric will also show his work from 12th/13th, 19th/20th, 26th/27th October 2024 as part of the East Kent Artists’ Open Houses | (ekoh.org.uk). House 4 on the trail

Available Paintings – July 2024

July 9, 2024 RicHorner

Ric has currently about 30 paintings available, but he is also working on a couple of larger Whitstable-themed beachscapes. All prints and small Gouache paintings can be purchased directly from his shop.

Solstice, 30 x 30cm, oil on canvas – available

West Beach, Whitstable. oil on textured wood panel. 88 x 98cm – available

Large commissions start at £ 3000.

Please note, all international orders of original oil paintings should always include insurance. Postal costs will vary according to size & weight, as all paintings are sent in bespoke wooden crates for protection. For insurance quotes and p&p contact me at: enquiries@richorner.com, or tel.: 07835294317.

You can Follow Ric’s latest work on Instagram.com/richornerpaintings

Ebb and Flow, 30 x 40cm, oil on canvas – available

Light obscured (West beach), 50 x 50cm, oil on canvas – available

Margate Harbour Evening Light, 22 x 22cm, oil on canvas – available

Summer Storm Clouds, 30 x 60cm, oil on canvas – available

Lost Lost Buoy, 61 x 67cm, oil on wood panel – available

Whitstable Harbour (misty evening 2021), oil on box canvas, 78.5 x 78.5cm – available

First Light, 71 x 81cm, original painting, oil on wood panel (framed) – available

Salcombe Harbour, 26 x 26cm, oil on canvas – available

Cloud Race, 20 x 20cm, oil on canvas – available

Cloud structures, oil on canvas, 30.5 x 23cm

Kent Landscape near Faversham (2), oil on canvas – available

Kent Landscape near Faversham (1), oil on canvas, 30 x 17cm – available

Kent Landscape, 30 x 24cm, oil on canvas – available

Meadow at dusk, oil on canvas, 28.5 x 17cm – available

Sunlit Clearing, 71 x 71cm, oil on canvas – available

Kent coast, 20 x 20cm, oil on canvas – available

Moorland dawn, 63 x 40cm, oil on canvas – available

Weather Study, 26 x 20cm, oil on canvas – available

Rain Gap, West Beach, 20x 20cm, oil on canvas – available

The view across the Oaze, 22 x 22cm, oil on canvas – available

Kent first Snow, last light. 23 x 30.5cm, oil on canvas – available

Long after Sunset (June), 28.5 x 17cm, oil on canvas – available

Thunderhead/ Cloud study, 28 x 28cm, oil on wood panel – available

West Beach Whitstable (3), 50 x 40cm, oil on canvas – available

Artists Open Houses 2023

October 12, 2023 RicHorner

Ric works in a modern classical way and creates atmospheric, light-filled land and seascapes. The sublime light of his paintings is characteristic of a style called Luminism. He takes part every year in the East Kent Artist’s Open Houses (https://ekoh.org.uk/whitstable).

If you’ve missed this event last October, get in touch to arrange a studio visit. He and his partner were in house 13 on the Whitstable trail. For directions go to: https://ekoh.org.uk/…/65-joy-lane-sherrins-alley…/

White Wood Gallery

November 6, 2016 RicHorner

Ric was represented by the White Wood Gallery in Ashburton, Dartmoor from November 2016 until February 2018. This arrangement has now come to an end.

Lovely feedback was received from previous buyers:

Dear Mr Horner, as a 50th Wedding Anniversary present to ourselves we purchased from the White Wood Gallery in Ashburton your oil painting entitled “Approaching Rain near Princetown, Dartmoor” (see above). My wife and I have known, loved and frequently visited Dartmoor since we were both young and we felt your painting captures the atmosphere of the Moor very well. We are generally more familiar with the eastern side of the Moor – i.e. Chagford/ Haytor/Hound Tor – and not so familiar with the area around Princetown. We wondered if you were able to give some more detail of the location from which your painting was taken?

At the Lilford gallery Canterbury

June 8, 2016 RicHorner

Ric was one of the first artists to be represented at this gallery in 1999.

3 Palace Street Canterbury, CT1 2DY
t: .0044.(0)1227.639086
Open 9.30am – 5pm Mon – Sat / 11am -4pm Sun

Ric’s work on the wall next to Tracy Emin figure drawings and Damian Hirst’s dot sculpture.

At the Affordable Art Fair in London, Battersea Park

The large black & white seascape below was bought by the well-known British comedian Ricky Gervais in 2009

Pompeii: An exhibition by Ric Horner

August 2, 2013 RicHorner

In the same year as the British Museum put on a blockbuster exhibition called ‘Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum’, 2013 (www.britishmuseum.org/pompeii-live) Ric also created a solo show on the subject of the ancient Roman city Pompeii, hoping to transport people back to AD 79 to discover how life was transformed in just 24 hours, when the two cities in the Bay of Naples, southern Italy, were buried by a catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Hoping to recreate how it looks now, and how it may well have looked during and after the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius he said:

“Pompeii is paradoxical, the city was once the site of a tremendous environmental catastrophe, but now all is serene and in a state of artful decay. Ironically, its preservation was due to its destruction -had it not been buried by the layers of ash, it would not be here today. In this particular series I tried to convey these unique qualities. When creating the work, I found that I had tapped into a similar colour palette to the one artists used when painting frescos in and around the city before the eruption. This may not have been a coincidence and may be linked to the strong Italian sunlight and its location near the Bay of Naples.”

Another exhibition of Pompeii that is currently running is at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. This show is on until September 2023. (msichicago.org/pompeii)