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§ Lawrence Coulson (1962-) Shining Throughsigned 'LAWRENCE / COULSON' (lower left)oil on board90 x 125cmProvenance:With Artique Gallery, London, where acquired in October 2005With vast, panoramic skies marbleised by tumbling clouds or ignited by blazing sunsets, and with distant, anonymised figures dwarfed by their surroundings, the work of Cambridge-born artist, Lawrence Coulson, has found itself embedded within the illustrious tradition of British landscape painting.As the son of noted landscape artist, Gerald Coulson, Lawrence Coulson began painting at a young age, though, after achieving a D grade at ‘O’ level, Coulson left school to work in the retail trade. At 21, Coulson was encouraged by his father to reignite his passion for art and within a few weeks sold his first painting. It was not until 1997 that Coulson became a full-time painter, having spent the intervening 14 years painting only in his spare time. In the following year, Coulson cemented his growing reputation with a sell-out exhibition at The Halcyon Gallery, London.Principally drawing inspiration from the fens, fields and shorelines of East Anglia, Coulson’s works demonstrate the duality of our environment, ranging in character from the serene and meditative, to the sublime and dramatic. Inspired by Seago, Turner, Friedrich and Wyeth, Coulson aims not to replicate the physical landscape precisely as it appears, but to elicit a mood and immerse his viewer within the work.

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