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Born in Dublin in 1948. Carol Ann is the eldest child of Jack and Mary Hughes. She spent her childhood and early years in the County Wexford village of Oulant, where her father was the local Garda Sergeant.
She spent her childhood in County Wexford, Subsequently her family moved to Greystones, County Wicklow and it is here that Carol Ann now lives with her husband Niall and their four children Never having had the opportunity to study art at school, Carol Ann is mainly self-taught. Having learned the basic techniques, she is of the opinion that creativity is either present or not and that talent cannot be taught– it can be nurtured and nourished, but definitely not taught!
Since 1988 she has been painting, exhibiting and selling her work. Originally working in pencil, she quickly moved to acrylic, pastel, watercolour and then onto oil, oil being her primary medium.
Although changing and developing all the time, her theme is always one of colour, light and atmosphere. Without these three elements, she considers a painting of value cannot exist. There is a great sense of drama and movement in her work that evokes the shared human experience of living.
By committing her dreams and unwritten poetry to canvas, she endeavours to lift the heart and touch the soul of the viewer.
Working intuitively she uses loose brushstrokes and colour that open up the full possibilities of the viewer’s imagination without the constraints of detail, creating the essence of a moment rather than a particular place or time. As the artist explains herself, ‘Whilst painting a seascape or a group of musicians playing, I need the viewer to feel the swell of the sea and
breath the salt in the air rather than see the shape of the rudder or rigging and hear the sound of the music, rather see the strings of the bow’ Hopefully on viewing her work you find your soul being uplifted by the symphony of colour and experience continuous enjoyment in her work.
Carol Ann Waldron is quickly establishing herself as one of Ireland’s emerging artists.national Exhibition of Equestrian Art at both Christies and the Mall Galleries, London. She shows annually at the Wexford Opera Festival and the Kilkenny Arts Festival at which her works usually sell-out.
In 2005, she was invited by Claude-Hugues Pissarro (grandson of Camille), to exhibit at the Salon de la Rochelle, where she was awarded the Gold Medal d’Honneur.
Other exhibitions include the American Academy of Equine Art, the Salon International de Samaur, the Irish National Stud, and the Palace House gallery Newmarket.
Her paintings are featured in both corporate and private collections, including the Office of Public Works, Excellence Through People International and British Petroleum International. |
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