Echoes of Life in Malta, paintings by Richard Cole

28 March  - 12 April 2025

Curated by Marika Azzopardi

Richard Cole's connection with Malta started in 1975 during Malta's Independence when he drew a cartoon in the Times of London of the Prime Minister Dom Mintoff as Napoleon kicking the British bulldog into the Mediterranean sea. Malta Airways presented the original to the Prime Minister and Cole exchanged the cartoon for a return air ticket to Malta. He came back from his short stay with an exciting portfolio of paintings and drawings and has enthusiastically continued painting the beautiful islands and their inhabitants ever since. He wrote and illustrated the book 'Malta and Gozo,  An Artist's View' showing his experiences in Malta and Gozo with a collection of drawings and paintings created over a 40 year period. It was published by Miller Malta in 2019.