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Exhibition of Original works
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Caroline Philp
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Le Feuille d’Or
Sofokleous Dousmani 3,
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22nd October – 19th
November |
Paxos Pebbles’ Oil on Canvas 80 x 30cm |
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Biography:-
Born in England in 1957 into a multitalented artistic family she was often described as ‘the child who had been born with a paintbrush in her mouth’ Brought up in an environment steeped in all aspects of art and theatre it was not surprising that on finishing school she went on to do a foundation year in Fine Art. After the foundation year she decided to specialise in Theatre Design at Wimbledon School of Art which gave her free reign to explore and develop her many different talents.
The long summer breaks from College gave her an opportunity to return to Corfu, where she had spent many happy holidays as a child, to work and in 1979 she decided to move here permanently.
1984 saw her first solo exhibition in Corfu, followed by several group exhibitions. By 1990 as the demands of her young family lessened she started to work as a commercial muralist. Her first commission was the ‘Venetian Well’ restaurant, which she has reworked and developed several times over the following years. There are numerous examples of Caroline’s work in Corfu, the Ionian islands and Athens.
By the mid 1990’s her work attracted International attention and commissions followed in England and the Caribbean. Most people associate murals with painting on walls but Caroline took the Trompe L’oeil to a new level with her first commission to paint the floor of the Hotel Janos’s swimming pool at Lefkada Marina. The theme was pebbles and sand and it was so realistic when filled with water, the management received a complaint from a guest about ‘How dangerous it was to put rocks in a swimming pool.’ It took some convincing to assure him it was a painting.
The success of the commercial work took its toll on her primary love of developing her painting and she has been under pressure for several years, from clients and friends alike, to hold another exhibition.
The exhibition at Le Feuille d’Or will include both new and past works, Landscapes, Portraits, Still Lives and several paintings from Private Collections. Also featured will be her new project, where she deals with the challenges of paintings depicting pebbles under water. Fascinated by the interplay of light and shade her paintings are known for the dramatic feelings they invoke.
When asked where she gets her inspiration from she replied simply ‘I need to paint.’ and refers to the quote by Gerhardt Richter,
‘What strengthens me is that painting is not a strange hobby. It is a fundamental human activity – despite all the errors, paintings can in principle manifest our best most human and humane qualities.
For further information on this press release and /or an invitation to the Private Viewing at 7pm on Wednesday 21st October
please contact either :-
Sophie Mallard
La Feuille d’Or.
Telephone 695 606 9201
or visit
www.artincorfu.com
Or
Caroline Philps direct on:-
Telephone 693 837 6462
or visit
www.muralsandart.com
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