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Caroline Shotton
Henry VIII
Canvas edition of 250
Image 24" x 24" Framed £599 Large canvas Edition of 50 Image 36" x 36" Framed £995
COURTLY COWS Taking on the Old Masters at their own game, Caroline Shotton has reinvented the art of bovine portraiture in her altogether more serious new collection, The Tudors
As one of the fastest selling contemporary artists in the UK, Caroline Shotton’s new collection of Tudor portraits featuring her trademark cows marks a major development in style and tech- nique. “I really wanted to go a little more highbrow, maybe a bit more serious and push things to a new level” explains Shotton who says her latest collection of cow portraits represent a modern
line is never one to shy away from a good pun!) All beautifully display her recently honed oil painting skills and indicate a great sense of artistic confidence with a development in style and content. Gone are the simplistic cow portraits that were simply done in Shotton’s words ‘to raise a smile.’ Reviewing this progression she says “I feel I have come full circle in many ways and have rediscovered my natural style with intricate patterns, rich fabrics and Baroque lighting.”
day reinterpretation of the Old Masters “Albeit with a bovine twist!” The collection of four paintings depict three familiar historical
Henry VIII is shown as bullish and dominant and Shotton says
inserting eyelids and eyebrows (which she had not done with her previous cow portraits) helps lend a more human characteristic to each cow portrait. “I have always
figures - Henry VIII , Elizabeth I , William Shakespeare and wild card comic duo, Black Udder And Bulldrick (she
may be serious now but Caro-
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FINE ART COLLECTOR AUTUMN 2012
AUTUMN 2012 FINE ART COLLECTOR
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