“My first studio was a creek bed and my first paints were made from grinding stones into pigments that I mixed with water”.
Pastels are immediate, colourful & responsive......that is why they are the preferred medium for Professional Artist &Tutor Carolyn Sheather. Whether she is observing animals on local farms, studying life models, teaching or just making beautiful mess in her studio, she uses Pastels like an extension of her hand, and mind.
Her latest series called ’Free Range’ came about after reconnecting to her rural past where a seed was planted, an idea grew and the series began to emerge.
She is admired for her confidence and knowledge in both making those first marvellous marks, and keeping them, critical to the life, liveliness and sense of form, without losing the quality of surface. It’s a pure joy!
Mostly self-taught, Carolyn did win a couple of College awards for Life Drawing while studying for her Qualifications. A few years later she decided to enter an art show to “see if she had something to give” and she won her section, so she entered another and won again….you get the picture. She is represented in Public and private collections in Europe, Australia and South America.
“The passion and pleasure that Art gives us is a true gift. To speak thisVisual language and to share it with others through teaching amplifies the joy to all involved”.
Italy & France, playing.
Returning home
Mid July.