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Carol Ellis

A little bit about me

Artist's Biography


I live at West cliff on sea, near the coast of Southend in Essex, and have been painting for about 6 years, initially inspired by extremely artistic fellow family members.

Without any formal art qualifications, I am totally self taught developing styles and techniques of my own, after reading about the very basic skills in books.

As I have always worked full time, the idea of formal training has never appealed. I feel art should be expressed freely and does not always need a structured approach of when and how.
Favourite topics have included local seascapes of my own area such as Evening at West cliff , Chalkwell, and Thames Fishing.
I have also worked from photos taken on holiday of favourite places.

More recently, I have moved from traditional to contemporary styles to develop my skills in other areas. Hence the interest in the close up pictures of flowers and fruit still life.

Initially, I learnt to paint in acrylics, but now water mixable oils are more frequently used. In fact, I enjoy using both mediums in the same painting.

I have exhibited my work locally at our library, and the towngate theatre in Basildon, organised by my employers.

Constantly I am learning new techniques of painting and have started some recent figurative work.
Now Iam experimenting with textures, mixed media and colours in abstracts.


Take a look at...


A room by room guide to my online gallery of art
FlowersGallery Room 1:Flowers
(31 images)
RosesGallery Room 2:Roses
(8 images)
SeascapeGallery Room 3:Seascape
(19 images)
DandelionsGallery Room 4:Dandelions
(7 images)
TropicalGallery Room 5:Tropical
(8 images)
Still lifeGallery Room 6:Still life
(18 images)
Commissions/ Already sold.Gallery Room 7:Commissions/ Already sold.
(33 images)
LandscapeGallery Room 8:Landscape
(9 images)
Beaches, boats and coastsGallery Room 9:Beaches, boats and coasts
(16 images)
AbstractGallery Room 11:Abstract
(38 images)
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