WEST CORK ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN
MIZEN ARTISTS' DIRECTORY
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Carol James
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Carol James B.A. Fine Arts, 1973, Brighton College of Art and West Surrey College of Art (Farnham). As an artist I express life and ideas visually. I choose different media to capture and emphasize the atmosphere of the subject I am working on. I enjoy bringing notice and celebrating that which is overlooked and undervalued. Living in West Cork for many years, it has always given me great joy to paint its wild beauty, from scraggy sheep grazing over rocks to a magnified detail of an insect making its way through lush herbage. I also like to paint local people in the community as these people define the character of West Cork and often get taken for granted, but together they form the basis for our rural society. In recent years I’ve travelled a lot in the wilds of Africa. This has inspired me to paint and to celebrate some of our most magnificent animals in their natural habitat. I hope that from my work people may recognise the value of nature, as from my experience natural habitats are disappearing fast from human encroachment and overpopulation. In the local community I have found it very rewarding working with children and adults, creating murals, animal sculptures, and large mythical creatures for street theatre. I also give private tuition and art classes. |
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Carol will undertake commissions and can be contacted on:
Telephone: 028 37585 Mobile: 087 690 6393
and by email: caroljamestheartist@gmail.com
Her work has been exhibited in many galleries, in recent years at
The Grainstore Gallery, Schull
and The Lavitt Gallery, Cork
and has paintings and sculptures in many public and private collections
including the Office of Public Works.
 Barry O'Brien on his Farm - (detail) - Pencil drawing 11"x16" €400  Kalahari Lion Pastel and charcoal 20" x 15" €500 |
 Frog Sculpture Cement fibre on wire base. Width 4ft.  Zebra - Zambia (The Heat of the Day) Oil on canvas 24" x 20" €700 |
All photographs and illustrations remain copyright of the artists and may not be reproduced in any form without permission