In his eightieth year, Richard Stout continues to produce inspired abstract paintings, rich with affect and beautifully interpreting his native Texas coast. His most recent output is on display in a stunning new exhibition entitled Return to the Sea, and the results, as we have come to expect from this gifted artist, are nothing short of incredible.
As these works reflect, Stout is inextricably bound to the Texas coast. Perhaps no other Southern painter has made the Gulf so central to their life’s work. Certainly no other Texas painter has so beautifully captured the nuances of a coastal homeland with more grace and fidelity, and so aptly utilized this innate sense of place to explore and punctuate a personal philosophy, spirituality and sublimity in art.
