Exhibition in September at the Chelsea Arts Club

Colson, scribbling in his sketchbook or setting his easel up amid nature, might be seen like some modern-day version of the spirit of place. He engages at a physical level with the landscape he paints. “I have to let go,” he says. “I respond in an almost violent, but not an aggressive, way. I let the process subsume me. It’s a very organic, instinctive way of working,” he explains. His gestures are recorded by the paint: the great dragging sweeps and the thick, scabby clots; the stabs, streaks and scratches; the dribbles and splashes.

Rachel Campbell Johnston

Richard Colson with Salt Marshes Burnham Overy Staithe

Summer Exhibitions

Richard is showing with Cricket Fine Art
Summer Exhibition of Gallery Artists

Ashburn Place Oil on Canvas 51 x 41 cm

Richard is also showing with Island Fine Arts
Richard Colson, Ken Howard, RA and Peter Brown, NEAC
15 July to 20 August 2026

Grand Canal from Campo Remer Oil on Canvas 24 x 28 cm

He is showing with The Fairfax Gallery, Burnham Market
as part of their Summer Exhibition of Gallery Artists

Moored Boats, Blakeney Oil on Canvas 61 x 77 cm