Exhibitions
2010 Consuming Nature
Fringe Arts Festival Bath (FAB)
Friday May 28 to Sunday June 13, 2010
Solo Show at Demuths Bath, UK
Feb. 7th - April 7th 2009
2009 6@TheOctagon, Fringe Arts Festival Bath, England
2008 Masters of Fine Art Exhibition, Bath Spa University
2008 MA Interim Show, School Gallery, Bath Spa University
2007 L'Horizon, Monaco
Artist Statement
I am creating representational oil paintings with collage on linen canvas. The raw linen canvas remains visible and a feature in this work. I create narratives with paint, collage, text, fabric, stencils and objects around a central theme such as nature, memories and childhood. I am also interested in creating different visual planes by contrasting flat areas of paint and stencil with hand painted elements and tactile objects in low relief like keys, bees or fabric.
Having grown up in historical Yorktown, VA and now living and working from my studio in Bradford-on-Avon near Bath, history and storytelling have become a vibrant part of my paintings. Alongside having a strong graphic sense probably from my degree in Communications years of life drawing has led me to paint the essence of what I represent in hand painted outlines contrasted with flat areas of colour.
In Home sweet Mortgage I have built up layers of meaning and depth by including supporting and subversive collage text that form a nest in low relief. Some of the collage elements in this work are very personal and others have different symbolic meaning depending on how the viewer interprets them such as rusty keys or butterflies. This participation of the viewer to create their own narrative based on the meaning they bring to the collaged objects is what makes these works different for everyone.
© 2010 Carol Buddell. All Rights Reserved. This website, its contents, photos and artwork may not be reproduced without the artist's permission
2010 Consuming Nature
Fringe Arts Festival Bath (FAB)
Friday May 28 to Sunday June 13, 2010
Solo Show at Demuths Bath, UK
Feb. 7th - April 7th 2009
2009 6@TheOctagon, Fringe Arts Festival Bath, England
2008 Masters of Fine Art Exhibition, Bath Spa University
2008 MA Interim Show, School Gallery, Bath Spa University
2007 L'Horizon, Monaco
Artist Statement
I am creating representational oil paintings with collage on linen canvas. The raw linen canvas remains visible and a feature in this work. I create narratives with paint, collage, text, fabric, stencils and objects around a central theme such as nature, memories and childhood. I am also interested in creating different visual planes by contrasting flat areas of paint and stencil with hand painted elements and tactile objects in low relief like keys, bees or fabric.
Having grown up in historical Yorktown, VA and now living and working from my studio in Bradford-on-Avon near Bath, history and storytelling have become a vibrant part of my paintings. Alongside having a strong graphic sense probably from my degree in Communications years of life drawing has led me to paint the essence of what I represent in hand painted outlines contrasted with flat areas of colour.
In Home sweet Mortgage I have built up layers of meaning and depth by including supporting and subversive collage text that form a nest in low relief. Some of the collage elements in this work are very personal and others have different symbolic meaning depending on how the viewer interprets them such as rusty keys or butterflies. This participation of the viewer to create their own narrative based on the meaning they bring to the collaged objects is what makes these works different for everyone.
© 2010 Carol Buddell. All Rights Reserved. This website, its contents, photos and artwork may not be reproduced without the artist's permission