Looking at Mary Carter's tiny paintings is stepping through a miniature door into a different world.  It is  a calm, untroubled place of soft luminous light where time has stopped for a fraction of a second and a tranquil moment has been captured forever.  The world of Mary's paintings seems enigmatic, set as it is in an imaginary time of peace and hope, where figures pose gracefully in soft glowing evening light, the light often streaming from a window through which we have a glimpse of yet another magical world beyond.  Her subjects are mostly children, and she captures them in their innocence, and without judgement.  The diminutive paintings have the luminosity of old-fashioned colour transparencies; it is as though there is a strong light source behind the pictures making the subtle colours and textures glow with life.
These images, executed with exquisitely fine brushstrokes are extremely small, but they contain within them an amazing power, and the softness of the colours, the detailed texture of the fabrics, the delicate features of the subjects, are painted with such skill and perfection of style to make her work on this miniature scale so instantly appealing.

Please contact Mary Carter to find out more information about current
exhibitions and portrait commissions via email at:
mary@marycarter.co.uk

Visit her website to see more of her work: 
www.marycarter.co.uk