Caroline Ireland
imaginative, improvisation, observation
Largely self-taught, I came to work as an artist full time after many career changes. I am fascinated by colour, pattern, shape, line and luminosity, working mainly in watercolour, pastel and charcoal to express my ideas that are very much about discovering the extraordinariness of the world around us, whether through the vehicle of the imagination or through observational drawing. Whatever arrests my attention, or inspires me may become subjects for my work. I follow threads of inspiration wherever they lead me, and often work in series and on different ideas in parallel. Recent work, inspired by folk and outsider art, painted in watercolour and pastel on Saunders paper, incorporates the outlines of my own hands to form elements of imagined landscapes, drawing our attention to the message that it is very much 'In Our Hands' to change what is happening to our planet for the better. I also work in soft pastel on black paper to create more structured, designed work, such as still lifes.
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- Website: carolineireland.co.uk