Saul Cathcart British, b. 1978
'Sometimes I paint for no other reason than for the love of painting itself. It’s the potential of making something entirely how you want to make it, that I enjoy. The freedom in this is beautiful and rarely found in other things I do. I love colour. Why do some colour combinations just work when others don’t? I enjoy exploring this question, developing structure and tension can elevate things further.
My work has typically been about making plein air paintings that relay something of the experience of being out in open space and the feelings felt at the time.
When approaching these recent studio paintings, my intention was to try and empty my mind and create something abstract and indescribable - to see where I go. But by the end of making each piece, although quite abstract, familiar aspects of the Cornish landscape that I know and love started to emerge. I find this approach both refreshing and affirming because I enjoy where I live in so much. My appreciation for this landscape seems to be engraved on my brain;
the subconscious mind is a fascinating thing and can often lead to something meaningful when I trust in it.'
- Saul Cathcart for Porthminster Gallery 2023 collection
Saul Cathcart is a landscape artist who lives and works on the atmospheric North Cornish Coast. He paints abstracted plein air paintings of a landscape he’s known and treasured for over 30 years. With his own intuitive yet observational style he produces work filled with colour, depth and emotion.
Education
Winchester School of Art – Fine Art (BA)
Falmouth Collage of Art – Foundation Art and Design
Solo exhibitions
2021
‘Make mistakes’ The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
‘Light feeds colour’ Valency Fine Art at The Rock Institute, Cornwall
2020
‘My immediate space, Padstow Gallery, Cornwall
‘Made in the moment’ The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2019
‘Considered intuition’ Penwith Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
‘Breathe it in’ The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
‘New work’ Wave 7 Gallery, Wadebridge, Cornwall
‘Love every minute’ The Salthouse Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2018
‘Being There’ The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
‘It’s all about the light’ Salthouse 1 Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
‘Nothing is permanent’ The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
‘Summer exhibition’ Wave 7 Gallery, Trelights, Cornwall
‘Trust your instinct’ The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
‘It just is’ Salthouse 2 Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2017
‘Painting Is Freedom’ Salthouse 2 Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
‘Every Mark Made’ Wave 7 Gallery, Trelights, Cornwall
‘What I Feel’ The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
‘Soaking Up The Atmosphere’ Salthouse 1 Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2016
‘Light On Grey’ Theatre Royal Plymouth Gallery, Devon
‘Coast On Canvas’ The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
‘New Paintings’ Valency Fine Art at The Rock Institute, Cornwall
‘Cornish Summer Paintings’ Wave 7 Gallery, Trelights, Cornwall
‘Paint, Sun And Sand’ The Willoughby Gallery, Bude Castle, Cornwall
‘On The Beach’ Salthouse 2 Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
2015
‘Abstraction And Accuracy’ The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
‘Before The Turn’ The Poly Falmouth Gallery, Cornwall
‘Across The Camel’ Wave 7 Gallery, Trelights, Cornwall
‘Before The Turn Part 2’ The Poly Falmouth Gallery, Cornwall
2014
‘Where Land Meets Sea’ Artmill Gallery, Plymouth, Devon
‘Shorelines’ Valency Fine Art at The Rock Institute, Cornwall
‘Sand Under Foot’ Wave 7 Gallery, Trelights, Cornwall
2013
‘Outlines Of Land’ The Crypt Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall
‘From The Heart’ Wave 7 Gallery, Trelights, Cornwall
2012
‘Cornwall’s Lost Coastline’ Valency Fine Art at The Rock Institute, Cornwall
‘Uncovered Colour’ Wave 7 Gallery, Trelights, Cornwall
2011
‘Daymer Bay And Its Surrounding Shores’ Wave 7 Gallery, Trelights, Cornwall
‘The Roar Of The Sea’ The Alverton Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
‘Private Views’ The Old Vicarage Open House, St Clether, Cornwall
2010
‘7 Bays’ Valency Fine Art at The Rock Institute, Cornwall
‘Headlands And Horizons’ Over The Moon Gallery, St Agnes, Cornwall
‘Saul Cathcart at Duchy Square’ Duchy Square Centre for Creativity, Princetown, Devon
2009
‘New Paintings’ Valency Fine Art at Exeter Castle, Cornwall
‘Light Winning’ Artistic Alliance at The Grain Store, Cork, Ireland
2008
‘Emotive Landscapes’ Artonomy Fine Art, Truro, Cornwall
‘Cornish Cliffs’ The Willoughby Gallery, Bude Castle, Cornwall
2007
‘Seascapes’ Valency Fine Art at The Rock Institute, Cornwall
‘Seascapes Part 2’ The St Enodoc Hotel, Rock, Cornwall
“Cornwall’s Rugged Skin’ The North Cornwall Museum, Camelford, Cornwall
‘Strangles’ St Clether School Room, Cornwall
2006
‘New Work’ The Arts Gallery, Okhampton, Devon
‘Paintings’ The Yew Tree Gallery, Morvah, Cornwall
2005
‘Sea and Landscape Paintings’ Southgate Arch Gallery, Launceston, Cornwall