| Carol D. Buddell |
| About the Artist |
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| French and American artist Carol (Denn) Buddell grew up in Yorktown, VA in the states where she started painting from a young age. She was influenced by the history and museums in the area including the Chrysler Museum. Carol graduated with a BA in Art History from the University of Georgia in 2000. Imagination, symbolism and storytelling are the main themes in her paintings. Carol Buddell went on to study in the old tradition by going to Europe to study art after doing the Grand Tour. In Paris Carol studied figure drawing for three years with the ADAC studios. While taking art history classes in French at the Ecole du Louvre, Carol took a semester of oil painting at the Ecole du Beaux Arts Paris. Carol visited Paris museums to train her eye even more. The artist up to this point was mostly self taught which lended her work to a naive style. Carol Buddell is currently enrolled in the Masters of Fine Art Program painting at Bath Spa University in the UK. Carol mostly works in oil on canvas but embraces a myriad of techniques in her paintings that have been compared to the 1920's art movement magical realism. Her paintings capture the unique personality of each subject in painterly portraits with loose brushstrokes. Often references to the sitters interests are included in the backgrounds and clothing of the subject. The contrast between the realist portrait or subject and the fantastical or magic reference to the subjects interests and the way the artist plays with composition and space are all elements in the art of magic realism. Her work embraces a narrative and contrast between the hand painted quality of the portrait and the mechanical process of print, collage and mixed media. Carol Buddell is influenced by the movements in art history: Surrealism, Magic Realism, American Impressionism and Folk art, Japanese prints, artists: M.C. Escher, Rene Magritte, and portrait artists namely: John Singer Sargent, Klimt, Monet, Banksy, Currin, Warhol and many others. Carol Buddell's style has always been called painterly, whether working on portraits, or in previous years painting series of Seascapes, Portraits and the Seasons. Her Figure Drawing sketches are done in charcoal and oil Pastel. Carol (Denn) Buddell lives and works from her studio in historical Bath, England with her husband, British tennis writer, James Buddell. Contact the artist |
Archive 1995-1998 Seascapes, Portraits and Seasons Series Education 1998 Study Abroad in Paris through Wells College, Life Drawing and photography at Parsons College 2000 Graduated from University of Georgia with BA in Art History minor in Communications 2003-5 Three years of life drawing study at the Lycee Henri IV Paris, ADAC studio, working in oil pastels and charcoal 2003 Semester of oil painting at the Ecole de Beaux Arts Paris 2003-4 Attended weekly Art History Conferences at the L'Ecole du Louvre Paris Group Exhibition "L'Horizon" in Monaco 2007-2008 Masters in Fine Art from Bath Spa University England |
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