A Vision from the Clouds: The Life and Legacy of Richard Carline Richard Cotton Carline was an artist whose perspective was fundamentally reshaped by the dizzying heights of aerial combat and the profound weight of global conflict. Born in Oxford in 1896 into a family where the brushstroke was a shared language, he was part of a remarkable artistic lineage. His father, George Francis Carline, and his siblings, Sydney and Hilda, all navigated the complexities of visual expression, creating a domestic environment steeped in creativity. Carline’s early training, which took him from the Dragon S…