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Lawrence Coulson
BRING ME SUNSHINE As the artist referred to as a 'modern-day Turner,' Lawrence Coulson's latest collection, ‘Romanticism’ is a stunning set of six limited-edition pieces. Sally Rowland explores the subtle development in his much admired style and appreciation of the British landscape
L awrence Coulson ever created’, drawing on life experiences, changes in his personal circumstances and a geographical move. Each painting perfectly captures the atmosphere of the British landscape – the intensity, the tranquillity, and the solitude of wide open spaces and big skies, this time featuring animals, as well as people; it is a celebration describes his latest body of work as ‘the most personal I have
of an accomplished painter find- ing his best form. Coulson has always been hugely influenced by where he lives. Having lived for many years on the edge of the Cambridgeshire Fens where the geographical make up is dominated by huge skies, endless horizons and large empty vistas, he has always responded in paint conveying the dramatic sunsets which are amplified by a flat skyline reflected in the sea or wetlands. As he says “All of this
has provided me with a wealth of reference material to draw upon, but I want to progress and change some of the content and I think this collection, which is one of romantic landscapes, does just that.” “A lot has changed for me in the last couple of years and I like to think I have moved on frommy signature big skies,” says Coulson, whose relocation from the familiar Fenlands of Cambridgeshire to the more rolling hills of Lincolnshire has
significantly developed and reinvigorated his art. As the art critic David Lee says “Lawrence Coulson gener- ously gives us what we like and need – those feelings of solitude and escape in wide open spaces under heavens so high they might reach to the edge of the universe.” This relationship with nature and an innate desire to connect with it and to under- stand the power of nature is key to the success of his atmospheric paintings. •
SPRING 2013 FINE ART COLLECTOR
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