Carol Maddison - 20th Century Acrylic Fruit In Yellow, Green And Blue

Description

A vibrant and engaging still life in the naive, modernist style typical of this artist's portfolio. The scene shows a still life of fruit, a jug, flowers and a basket on a blue table. The artist has painted over a heavily texture ground, creating depth and dynamism in the still life. The artist has signed to the lower right and the painting has been presented in a highly unusual and distinctive dark brown lacquer carved wood frame. The craftsmanship of the pierced and open carving is wonderful and adds gravity to the artwork itself. On canvas.

Condition

In fine condition.

Size

43 x 53.5cm (16.9" x 21.1")
Framed Size: 63.5 x 74cm (25" x 29.1")

Artist Biography

Carol trained in Fine Art at UCA Canterbury, Kent, where she graduated in 2013.
Although she has trained professionally as an artist, it is her desire to create paintings that depict a primitive innocence that is unrestricted by boundaries and rules.
Carol prefers to work with oil paint, but also paints in acrylics. Her subject matter is inspired from a love of storytelling; past, present, events and characters.
Her method involves working swiftly, utilizing paint as a vehicle to colour and capture each ‘moment in time’ that she has experienced. It is the physicality of painting and reliving an observation that drives her to proceed to another memory, ultimately to create a continuing story of her life.
Her aim through her paintings is to bring a smile to the viewer utilizing expressive and simple figurative form, abstraction, colour and an opposition to the fundamental rules of perspective.