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Dorienne Carmel - Painter / Illustrator (Elstree)

Contact Dorienne Carmel

Penniwells Lodge
Barnet Lane
Elstree
Herts
WD6 3RA

Phone: 020 8953 1904
07780 600470
email: dorienne.carmel@btopenworld.com

Web pages: www.artdor.co.uk

Artist’s statement:
Most artists just feel the need to explain their work. Regardless of one’s ability to write, writing about your work poses unique problems that very few artists are equipped to deal with.

Consequently, most artists’ statements become overly personal explanations about what art means and what they are trying to accomplish in their work. Every artist wants his or her work to be understood and appreciated in the context in which it was made. However, very few artists are able to articulate intellegent insight into how to achieve that level of understanding, nor should they.

Part of the joy, from an observer’s point of view comes from the primary experience with the art bringing to his or her own personal and intimate connection. If those things are spelt out for them, before they have an opportunity to develop that connection, a huge part of the experience of appreciating the art is missing.

Dorienne is available to do Figurative/Abstract commissions.
She loves nothing more than working on private commissions, where her imagination can run riot.

Exhibitions:
* Currently showing at McNeill Gallery, London;
* Currently showing Riviera Gallery, Fuengirola, Spain;
* The Arts Connoisseurs Gallery, London;
* Hampton Court Flower Show (stand in artist’s marquee);
* Covent Garden;
* Linda Blackstone Gallery, Pinner, London;
* TheA Gallery, New York (Soho Area);
* Artisans Gallery, Laguna, USA;
* Own Gallery of Art and Craft up until 2002;
* Present time online gallery www.artdor.co.uk

Dorienne belongs to a group of artists called Artists of the Imagination and has shown work in the Mall Galleries in London.

Qualifications:
Kingsway College Kentish Town Foundation art
Byam Shaw Archway Elthorn Rd (DFA) Degree in Fine Art.