Field House Art Gallery
High Street Wadhurst TN5 6AQ
tel: 01892 782 300
fax: 01892 784 449

Mon - Fri: 09:00 - 13:00
Mon - Fri: 14:00 - 17:45
Sat: - F  ri:08:30 - 12:30

ELDER WOOD WALLCROUCH WADHURST
EAST SUSSEX TN5 7JJ

01580 200 730 and website

Exhibition of Paintings

Carol Geer is exhibiting her work from 31 May until 11 July 2008

I am a Sussex based artist. I mainly work in oils but occasionally use a variety of mixed media to gain the effects I am striving for.

The essence of my work is to try to capture the atmosphere generated by the elements in conjunction with the earthly canvas, that responds to its fluctuating movements.

My earlier Landscape and Seascape work has been strongly influenced by the Impressionists, specifically Claude Monet and Van Gogh for their use of light and instinctual energy.

More recently however I have become very drawn to the work of David Bomberg who introduced the idea of bringing weight and volume into light and space in what has become the English manner.

My inspiration comes from time spent sketching out in the landscape, capturing its uniqueness and energy, then building and abstracting with layers of colour over the preliminary sketches.

I translate the immediate image, keeping its initial quality and essence but using my own vision and experience to make something more personal.

My training and work as a Psychodynamic Counsellor and art therapist has helped me to understand the way the psyche responds emotionally to colour and form -

I frequently exhibit my work in the southeast and take part annually in the South East Open Studios

My work is currently held in private collections in the UK and abroad