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Available Paintings – 2025

On this page you’ll find all of Ric’s available paintings. Many are also in his STUDIO EXHIBITION. Please contact him directly for interest in any of these works.

Untitled (15), oil on canvas, 88 x 65  – £ 1500

 

Please note, all international orders of original oil paintings should always include insurance. Postal costs will vary according to size & weight, as all paintings are sent in bespoke wooden crates for protection. For insurance quotes and p&p contact him at: enquiries@richorner.com, or tel.: 07835294317

Large commissions start at £ 1500.  

 

Untitled (12), 20 x 20cm, oil on canvas – £ 180

 

 

 

Solstice, 30 x 30cm, oil on canvas – £ 350

 

 

 

Calm evening, 79 x 79cm, oil on canvas – £ 1200

 

 

 

Untitled (16), 25 x 25cm, oil on canvas £ 250

 

 

 

 

West Beach, Whitstable. oil on textured wood panel. 88 x 98cm – £ 1800

 

 

 

Autumn beach at sunset, 55 x 63cm, oil on canvas  – £ 1500

 

 

 

West Beach to Sheppey 48 x 90cm, oil on canvas – £ 1250

 

 

 

Sea dream, 60 x 42cm, oil on canvas £ 650

 

 

 

Rain Gap, West Beach, oil on canvas, 44 x 55cm  – £ 650

 

 

 

Cloud study (1), 60 x 30cm, oil on canvas – £ 450

 

 

 

Summer Storm Clouds, 30 x 60cm, oil on canvas  – £ 450

 

 

 

Lost BuoyHeavy weather at Salcombe, 61 x 67cm, oil on wood panel £ 650

 

 

 

First LightFirst Light, 71 x 81cm, oil on wood panel (framed) £ 750

 

 

 

Salcombe Harbour, 26 x 26cm, oil on canvas – £ 350

 

 

 

Sunlit Clearing, 71 x 71cm, oil on canvas – £ 350

 

 

 

Margate Harbour Evening Light, 22 x 22cm, oil on canvas £ 180

 

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Whitstable Seascapes

Established land & seascape painter Ric Horner focuses in his work on the elemental qualities of light, the energy of weather and the drama of the sea. He creates highly atmospheric oil paintings featuring classic Kent coast and harbour scenes, as well as the stunning sunsets seen on Whitstable beach. He has recently set up a permanent GALLERY SPACE at the front of his house with a rolling exhibition of finished pieces.

If you are visiting Whitstable, this is a wonderful opportunity to meet the artist in his studio, pick up some lovely greeting cards and view his original paintings while passing by on a scenic (circular) walk only 20min from town centre. You can combine it with stops at some of our most well-known pubs: The Old Neptune on West Beach, The Rose in Bloom in Joy Lane, (next door to Ric’s place), and The Sportsman gastro pub in Seasalter, which is famous for it’s Michelin Stars and having been awarded winner of Gastro pub 2024.

The studio is open most days from 10:30am – 5pm.

All of Ric’s paintings are for sale and can be pre-viewed at: Available paintings – 2025. To arrange a visit, book a 1-to-1 tuition, or a painting retreat for small groups up to 5 people call 07835294317, or email

enquiries@richorner.com

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Ric collaborates with his partner Annett who works in a bold, expressive, semi-abstract style. She focuses mostly on their beautiful wildlife garden and koi fish pond. Between the two of them they offer various day courses and 1-to-1 tuition.

Get in touch if you are interested.

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Plein Air Painting Courses

Ric W. Horner is a qualified art tutor and has worked professionally for over 35 years. He has exhibited his atmospheric land & seascape paintings widely and has sold his art all over the world.

He is now offering inspirational art classes and 1-to-1 tuition at his characterful art studio set in a secluded garden on Whitstable beach. This unique location provides the perfect setting for stunning sunsets and dramatic beach scenes.

In this course, he will work with you either in his studio, garden, or directly on the seafront (a 3 minute walk), Whitstable Harbour and other places, to identify areas in which you can best improve your technical skills, abilities and confidence.

You will learn about composition, contrasts, colour tones and theory, as well as receive guidance on all the materials needed to construct a successful land, or seascape painting.

Classes are kept small, so that you will get lots of individual attention and ensure the highest quality experience. They are intended for beginners and intermediate painters. Even though we will provide light refreshments, we recommend bringing your own lunch and art materials.

£ 95 10am-4:30pm

£ 50 for 2 ½ hours

We are flexible in regards to days and hours. Please call: 07835294317, or email: enquiries@richorner.com to register your interest.

Free Parking is available at the top of the hill, near the Rose in Bloom pub (a 3 minute walk). However due to this very steep location, it is not suitable for wheelchairs users. During your stay you will have access to Ric’s oil painting exhibition, as well as opportunities to pick up his lovely greeting cards and prints.

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East Kent Artist’s Open Houses – October 2024

Ric works in a modern classical way and creates atmospheric, light-filled land and seascapes. The sublime light of his paintings is reminiscent off a style called Luminism.  He takes part every year in the East Kent Artists’ Open Houses, which was on this year from 12th/13th, 19th/20th and 26th/27th October 2024.

Ric and his partner were in House 4 this year. To view all paintings including dimensions go: available-artwork-october-2024

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Fishslab Gallery Whitstable

Ric exhibited at the Fishslab Gallery in August 2024. If you have missed this show you can visit Ric in his studio were he has now set up the front of his house as permanent exhibition space. New Exhibition Space 2025!

On show were 25 original oil on canvas paintings, as well as a range of Gouache (Watercolour) studies and many cards of Whitstable, Canterbury and surrounding areas.

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Artist working on Whitstable Beach

You can read all about it in the February 2025 article: The sky below our feet – Whitstable Views

It is now 12 years since Ric moved into the cottage built by the
eccentric painter Dan Sherrin – a small summer residency on the
seafront in a secluded garden on The Saxon Shore Way,  a long-distance footpath in England, which starts at Gravesend, Kent, and traces the coast of South-East England for 163 miles in total. He is one in a long line of artists , writers and novelists that made the town their home, for reasons such as the gorgeous light and stunning sunsets. 

Eccentric painter Dan Sherrin (1869 – 1940) was an artist that could not be missed about the town, as he insisted on wearing the most outrageously chequer plus fours and his love of beer was legendary.

Dan was also a famous self-publicist of the most humorous kind, a practical joker who not only poked fun at those in authority – he even built his own airplane and created a spoof fire brigade!  One of Dan’s paintings still hangs in Buckingham Palace, as he was once commissioned by King George V.

An elderly neighbour who lived nearby, told Ric that he recalls seeing Winston Churchill plus entourage on the little foot bridge on Preston Parade viewing the newly installed gun battery, which was right in front of the house in about 1943.

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“Since moving into Dan Sherrin’s cottage, I have set up my studio at the front of the house, which overlooks the sea. This has changed my working practice profoundly, as I now have a wealth of natural beauty in front of me and I am less dependent on notes and colour sketches.”

“My paintings have much to do with the changing energy of weather; encompassing all sorts of environmental conditions, which can range massively from attractive, peaceful and scenic to threatening and dangerous.

I can now work directly on canvas while engaging with my subject and depict various sea states and light events that may have otherwise evaded me. It has become possible to study storms in greater detail and track showers and their influence on the sea in some degree of comfort. These paintings are therefore composed in my imagination based on observed realities. They are true to my inner eye. Unfortunately, despite the house’s prominence and history, time and gravity have taken their toll, leaving every floor uneven, so when I first moved in, the horizon appeared to lean when looking out from the window!”

Ric opens his studio to the public on most days throughout the year. You can now visit him and buy his original paintings, prints and greeting cards directly from him.

Ric W. Horner – art gallery in Whitstable, Kent

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Show Off gallery Whitstable

Ric has exhibited his extraordinarily atmospheric British land & seascapes last August in Harbour Street, Whitstable. For interest in any of the remaining pieces visit the page Available Paintings, or contact him at tel. 07835294317/ enquiries@richorner.com.

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