Howard Coles. Photography and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Inspiration
photos:Gethin Coles, Text:Howard Coles

Howard Coles' North Wales has been central to the development of his work. Although increasingly finding inspiration further afield, he continually returns to this area as a creative foundation - a place to refference his development and to refresh his view of the landscape medium.

sunset at porth ysgol

North Wales has complex geology, reflected in widely different landscapes. Each valley and cove is unique; each season shows a different relief. From the drama of Snowdonia to the rolling hills of the Llyn Peninsula, the black forboding of Cader Idris to the nonchalant flow of the whatsit estuary. Overlayed is the famously fast-shifting weather, constantly re-shading and colouring the diverse environment. For a painter of the drama of light, North Wales provides the constant change for continuing inpiration.

Landscape and Painting
"The term landscape in the context of painting can bring about its own serious limitations in terms of a viewers expectations of finished work. The most common perception is that it should
remain firmly adhered to the classic tradition of landscape painting. That is, a painting of the landscape should be possessed of sufficient literal information to reflect "the view or scene".
	Any external value attached to the work seems to be primarily concerned with the artists skill in conveying elements which identify with "realism" rather than the way it is seen, felt and interpreted by the artist.

Painting:Borth Y Gest Photograph: Setting sun hitting rocks at minford estuary



Howard Coles brings another layer of interpretation to his paintings of the coastline of his native Wales. His technique is seen at its best in his translations of the timeless natural elements of an area which still wears in the most obvious ways the traumas of landscape born out of fire and cataclysmic upheavals.



An interest in the way the land was formed, runs deep in his artistic psyche and results frequently in his most powerful work. Inquisitiveness about the landscape and his pushing at the boundaries of technique results in fresh and imaginative interpretations of a wide range of subject matter.

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Inspiration photos:Gethin Coles, Text:Howard Coles

Landscape and Painting

Inspiration
photos:Gethin Coles, Text:Howard Coles