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CAROLYN
LITTLE
"Wild Landscape" - Mixed Media (3'x3')
£900 (Delivery extra on all works included)
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Little has exhibited extensively since 1977. A full list of
group exhibitions can be obtained directly from the artist.
A very small selection of her achievements are included within
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"Tree Form with Water" - Mixed Media (17"x17")
£300
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Carolyn
Little was born in Swansea in 1943 but grew up in Haverfordwest.
She studied at Swansea College of Art from 1962 until 1966,
then taught art in secondary schools on London and Swansea until
1990, when she gave up full-time teaching to become a part-time
adult education lecturer for the University of Wales Swansea
for some years and to concentrate on painting. Carolyn has been
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Carolyn Little has shown work in many group exhibitions.
These are just a few of those listed within her extensive
curriculum Vitae:
The Attic Gallery in Swansea;
The Museum of Modern Art in Machynlleth;
St.David's Hall, Cardiff;
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff;
"Women Artists of Swansea", Abendakademie Grosseraal,
Mannheim, Germany (1979);
Ceri Richards Gallery in Swansea University;
With Permanent Waves at the West Canal Warf in Cardiff;
The Washington Gallery, Penarth, Cardiff;
The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea;
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran;
Heritage Park Gallery, Rhondda (welshdrawings.com exhibition);
and also in Edingburgh & London.
A full detailed list is available.
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"My work
is abstract in that it does not necessarily represent anything
in its final stage but the ideas come from various sources.
Each painting starts because I have seen something or place
that I have found visually interesting in some way, perhaps
an old piece of rusting machinery, a decaying tree trunk,
full of distinctive shapes and exciting textures, an overgrown
garden, some complex rock strata on a beach, the debris in
derelict factory or the twisted metal of vehicles in a scrap-yard
But these I use merely as basic shapes, not as reference.
The pictures themselves evolve as the colours are added and
begin to relate to each other. What they eventually become
often takes a long time to reach, with many re-visitings before
they are finished,and I have no idea when I start as to how
they will end. My chief interest is colour and I am attracted
to bright colours, so I am constantly trying to balance one
strong colour with another, and often use fluorescent paint
to intensify that brightness.
I usually make
square paintings because I like the discipline of having to
fit my conception into a uniform space. I always work on board
as I prefer the hardness and stiffness of it and the capability
of creating a very smooth surface to work on.
Essentially,
my work is not based upon any literal vision or intention.
I have no agenda, no political axe to grind and no sociological
statement to make with it. It carries no hidden messages,
but exists in its own visual sphere and must be seen and interpreted
as the viewer chooses to see it."
Carolyn Little
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"Debris 10" - Acrylic (3'x3')
£900 |
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"Hedge" - Oil and acrylic (24"x18")
£350
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"Alps" - Oil (3'x3')
£975 |
Solo Shows:
"25 Paintings"
Arts South Exhibition Gallery, University College Swansea
1977.
"Interpretations - Paintings and Drawings" Heritage
Park Gallery, Rhondda 2000.
Joint Exhibitions
Carolyn Little, George Little: Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre,
Cwmbran 1980.
Arts South Exhibition Gallery, University College Swansea
1980.
Oriel Theatre Clwyd, Mold 1981.
Exhibition Hall, Devonshire House, Exeter University 1983.
Torch Theatre Gallery, Milford Haven 1984.
Hereford City Museum and Art Gallery 1985.
Henry Thomas Gallery, Carmarthen 1988.
Theatr Ardudwy, Harlech 1988.
Guildhall Gallery, Winchester 1996.
Haverfordwest Library Gallery, Haverfordwest 1999.
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Carolyn Little
has work in public and private collections in the UK, France,
Australia and Africa.
A selection
of paintings and drawings can also be seen on the following
web sites:
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www.axisartists.org.uk
www.welshdrawings.com
For further
information: Please contact.
gc.little@btinternet.com
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"Busy" - Enamel (4'x3')
£1100
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