tim carroll

Studied Fine Art at Leeds University, graduating in 1982.
Member of Bath Society of Artists since 2009.
Lives and works in Swindon, Wiltshire.

Drawing and painting the human figure is one of the great challenges in art.

Accidental effects produced by applying the paint in washes and veils of colour and by the process of scraping back can provide surprising clues for developing the composition.

Although some work is started with only the vaguest plan, I also use a more controlled approach where the design is refined through a series of pencil drawings and the result squared up and transferred to canvas.

My aim is to produce a formally satisfying pictorial composition and I have looked at Celtic knot work, Greek sculpture and ceramics and art from the Italian Renaissance for some of my decorative ideas.

CV below.....

House 1 - Oil

CURRICULUM VITAE

Education:

1977-82 - Leeds University. BA(Hons) Fine Art.

Exhibitions:

2010 - Exhibited at Walcot Chapel Bath

- Painting accepted in Open Exhibition at Bristol Royal West ofg England, Academy

- Bath Society of Artists Open

- Ongoing exhibition of paintings in The Jury's Inn Hotel, swindon

2009 - Exhibition 'Views of Rome' at Swindon Arts Centre

2009 - Member of Artsite, an artist's collective running a gallery and workshops
in Swindon Town centre.

2007 - Victoria Art Gallery, Bath - Bath Society of Artists Open Exhibition

- The Old Railway Museum, Swindon- Solo show of paintings, prints
and ceramics

2006 - The Arts Centre, Swindon - 'The Seven Deadly Sins'- exhibition of
paintings and ceramics.

2004 - Kings Arms Hotel, Swindon - 'The Indian Sketchbook'- exhibition of 130 drawings, watercolours and gouaches from travelling sketchbook

2003 - The Barn Gallery, Henley-on-Thames - Artspace Summer Show.

2002 - The Wyvern Theatre, Swindon - 'Off the Wall'

2000 - The Rover Showroom, Poland St., Soho, London - Part of a group
show of Swindon artists.

1999 - The Jelly Leg'd Chicken Gallery, Reading.

Public Commissions:

2009 - Produced a large scale pencil and wash drawing comprising fifty individual portraits
of people who passed through the Artsite gallery in one week.

- Renovated John Clinch's 'The Great Blondinis', a twenty foot painted cast aluminium
Statue for Swindon Borough Council.
- Elected member of The Bath Society of Artists

- Contracted to produce an exhibition of documentary drawings and
paintings recording the installation of Swindon's most recent public art
work in The Wyvern Theatre.

2007 - As a member of Artsite helped to design and produce mural, using
local children's drawings, for Queens Park, Swindon.

2006 - Made three ceramic 'insect' plaques for Cotswold Water Park to be
sited on a new cycle/footpath. Including two days in a local primary
school, working on the theme of 'Insects'.

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