Carey Mortimer

Carey Mortimer

Asfodelo Dreaming

THACKERAY GALLERY EST.1968

This group of paintings has emerged from a deepening of my connection to the place where I live, a rural mediterranean island, the pagan, stubborn landmass that is Sardinia. Old ways die, new ways are born, all endures

Carey Mortimer, 2015

Endurance II – mixed media on wooden panel 46x46cm

Asfodelo Dreaming I – mixed media on metal panel 37x53cm

Allium Triquetrum – fresco, wax on panel 48x53cm

Asfodelo Dreaming II – mixed media on metal panel 104x77cm

Bodement – oil, gold leaf on gessoed panel 39x39cm

C’era una Volta un Pescatore I – egg tempera on gessoed cloth 69x95cm

C’era una Volta un Pescatore II – egg tempera on gessoed cloth 69x95cm

Chair II – egg tempera & oil on gessoed cloth 51x51cm

Down by the River – mixed media on metal panel 44x39cm

Early Bird – egg tempera & oil on gessoed cloth 28x35cm

Endurance I – mixed media on wooden panel 46x46cm

Endurance III – mixed media on wooden panel 46x46cm

Heron Gate – mixed media on metal panel 89x110cm

Jasmine – egg tempera on gessoed cloth 41x41cm

La Campagna I – sepia ink on gessoed cloth 59x71cm

La Campagna II – egg tempera & oil on gessoed cloth 30x39cm

Moth Woman – egg tempera on gessoed panel 71x71cm

Ode to Sepia III – sepia on gessoed cloth 41x46cm

Ode to Sepia IV – sepia ink on gessoed cloth 41x47cm

Tap I – egg tempera on gessoed cloth 52x52cm

Tap II – egg tempera on gessoed cloth 30x39cm

The Last Supper – egg tempera on gessoed panel 71x71cm

Your Blood is like Honey – fresco, egg tempera 95x72cm

BIOGRAPHY

Carey Mortimer studied Decorative Arts at City and Guilds of London Art School from 1984 to 1986.

From this point on she was captivated by the techniques favoured by the artists of the Renaissance.

Interspersed with global work and travels, teaching and public art work, she studied fresco painting under restorer Leonetto Tintori and achieved a Masters in Public Art and Design at Duncan of Jordanston College of Art, Dundee. For the last ten years she has worked from her studio in Sardinia.

The techniques and materials that Carey uses are quintessential to her work. The paintings’ beginnings go far beyond the first brush strokes, with pigments being ground from collected rocks, coral and burnt vines, ink taken from local cuttlefish, an awareness of the origins of all the material aspects of the final piece. Carey is a contemporary British painter who uses these ancient techniques to convey her very modern concerns, transforming often bleak issues into a resolved and peaceful work, a moment of calm reflection.

Carey has been exhibiting with the Thackeray Gallery since 1994 and her work can be found in many public, private and corporate collections worldwide, to include Aviva Headquarters, London, Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Firmdale Hotels, London and Jones Day, London and New York.

Published by Thackeray Gallery Ltd © Thackeray Gallery, 2015

Art Photography by Doug Atfield