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Art SPY

14-11-2008   


Welcome to this week’s Art SPY

‘Art SPY’ brings you a selection of various Artists and Galleries that we find simply delightful!

This weekend I came across a wonderful artist from Dorset who produces the most vibrant paintings which are eye catching and extremely vibrant. The reason I love this artists work is because the way in which she uses colour and form to captivate the imagination.

Caroline like most artists who work in and around Dorset, gather their inspiration from the landscape and the environment.  Her work is somewhat abstract yet has that child like approach to it.  The colours are very striking yet she sticks to primary colours.
 


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A Place to Sit
Caroline Ireland
watercolour and pastel on paper

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Blue Moon
Caroline Ireland
watercolour and pastel on paper

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Inside, Looking Out
Caroline Ireland
watercolour and pastel on paper

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Lightning Tree
Caroline Ireland
watercolour and pastel on paper

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Caroline Ireland

CAROLINE IRELANDHaving graduated in Ancient and Medieval History and Archaeology, Caroline worked as a researcher, writer and illustrator of reports on artefacts and pottery from excavations in the South West of England and East Anglia during the late 70s and 80s. Painting at that time was mostly a private activity, illustrating aspects of her inner visionary landscape.

In the late 80s, having turned to horticulture and garden design, her ideas about colour, shape and design began to emerge. Her time at Cambridge Art College acted as the catalyst to her desire to explore her own painting more fully. Thus began her explorations into colour, pattern and shape, which finally developed into the characteristic luminous images in watercolour and pastelCaroline currently lives and works in Dorset, England.

St Michael’s Studios
First Floor, St Michael’s Studios,
St Michael’s Trading Estate,
Bridport.
DT6 3RR

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Charles Hallsworth

Another artist from BridportCharles Hallsworth, has a unique unique array of life and landscape drawings.  Working mainly in oils on canvas or sometimes board, charcoal on paper is used for the line drawings with some pastel.  I love this artists work especailly the line drawings, you can see he has paid much attention to the facial features and less to the hair, whilst in others more attention is in the detail.

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Vanessa Camelia




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