Richard Whadcock's paintings are inspired by the Sussex Downs landscape. Filtered through photography and memory, they are the result of both physical and mental experiences. The paintings suggest the presence and atmosphere of constantly changing conditions of a coastal landscape such as shifting pressure of an approaching storm and the lifting as it passes; the play of shifting light exposing and shrouding details and transforming the familiar into the unfamiliar. The economy of detail evokes a quiet power and the bare minimum of information enables the viewer to open up their own personal, visual memories.

Since his graduation from first Bristol and then the Royal College with an M.A., Richard has been extremely successful contributing to many group exhibitions across the country and been given several solo shows including at the Northcote Gallery, London, Vertigo, London and E1 Gallery, London.