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Caroline Shotton
Dizzy Heights
Canvas edition of 150
Image 24" x 24" Framed £599
Two by two Famous for her signature portraits of cows, Caroline Shotton has moved on tomore exotic
Caroline Shotton’s humorous and charismatic paintings of cows, with their witty titles have won her such a loyal follow- ing that she felt it was time to reward her fans with something a little bit different. “This year I wanted to challenge myself and add a new dynamic to my work by bringing in new animals.” explains Caroline. The collec- tion is a triptych of wild animal couples – zebras, giraffes and camels, all of whom are given a distinctly human dimension and characterisation. Caroline says that studying human portraits has always been the starting point for her
work. “It is amazing howmuch the slightest change of the shape of a nose, or the raising of an eyebrow by a couple of millimetres can completely change the expression and look of a face.” She admits to having spent many pleasurable hours at the National Portrait Gallery researching and developing human characteristics for the new portraits, and because animals have become what she refers to as ‘over cartoonised’, they are ripe for a fresh interpre- tation. Inspired by artists as diverse as Frans Hal and Salvador Dali, Shotton fuses the •
territory with a gentle and amusing collection depicting pairs of giraffes, camels and zebras
FINE ART COLLECTOR SPRING 2012
SPRING 2012 FINE ART COLLECTOR
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