Carol is a London based oil painter specialising in portraiture.
She paints and teaches from her North London studio.
Carol's work has been exhibited with The Royal Society of British Artists,The Royal West of England Academy,The ING Discerning Eye,The Society of Botanical Artists and the Society of Women Artists.Carol has also previously been shortlisted for the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize. She paints in a style that has been described as painterly yet realistic,both colourful and descriptive.
Her portraits often incorporate personal objects and references requested by the sitter,creating a collage of thoughts,a narrative that reveals the sitters very self.Carol’s theatrical work features actors from the London stage set in their dressing rooms.These portraits capture actors in the process of transition from self to character revealing actor,character and production in one painting.They are a study of the artistry of character acting, a privileged glimpse into a private moment.
Carol's work is a mixture of commissioned and self generated projects. She is an established teacher of portrait painting and offers classes from her studio in North London.
Galleries
A selection of Carol’s portraits and drawings can be viewed in the galleries below. Take a look also at her highly successful Vintage Days Collection and her recent collection of Flora and Fauna paintings.
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Welcome to our Open Studios. I am opening up my studio at The Trampery, Wood Green, as part of the Open House Festival London. 21st - 22nd Sept 2024. Studio 10, 3rd Floor,Wood Green Works 40 Cumberland Road,Wood Green,N22 7BU
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This year our new management company The Trampery, who are organising our Open Studios, have been able to include our event as part of the London-wide Open House Festival.For those who have...
Read MoreCrouch End Open Studios Group Show 11th - 20th Nov 2023
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I am delighted to be exhibiting work with CEOS in their Winter Group show this November where over fifty local artists will be taking part.Printmakers,Ceramicists, Sculptors and Painters...
Read MoreCrouch End Open Studios Group Show 12th - 21st May 2023
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I am looking forward to exhibiting my portrait entitled “Ella & Arthur” at the Crouch End Open Studios Group Show May 12th-21st at the Original Gallery at the Hornsey Library, Crouch...
Read MoreN22 Open Studios 2022.12th - 13th Nov, 3rd Floor,Wood Green Works, 40 Cumberland Road,N22 7SG
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I am really looking forward to taking part in the N22 Open Studios. Private View Thursday 10th Nov 6-9pm, Sat & Sun12t,h,13th Nov 12-6pm There are over 140 artists working in the Collage...
Read MoreCrouch End Open Studios 2022
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Once again I am pleased to be taking part in Crouch End Open Studios 2022, a selected group of 60 professional artists opening up their studios as part of this celebrated Art Trail.This year...
Read MoreThe Society of Botanical Artists Annual Exhibition ‘Plantae 2022’ - 15/6 -18/6 2022
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I am very happy to have had my painting ‘Cyclamen’ selected for the Society of Botanical Artists Exhibition ‘Plantae 2022’. This exhibition will be held at the Mall Galleries,London between...
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