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