Approved: 27.09.2006

Colin Carruthers

Artist

Approved: 27.09.2006

Colin Carruthers was born in Antrim Town in Northern Ireland where he spent his early childhood. He lived in Germany for a time and at various locations in the U.K., moving to Birmingham in 1985. Having studied Fine Art at Margaret Street in 1994, he was drawn towards painting and completed a B.A. Honours degree in 1997. Colin is an intuitive painter sometimes working from sketches or photographs as

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  • Location: Birmingham, West Midlands
  • Contexts: Exhibition, Publication, Studio practice
  • Artforms: Book works, Painting
  • Tags: english landscape, oil painting, flowers, countryside, french landscape, oil paintings, hilltop village, st. paul de vence, landscape paintings, seascape paintings, cityscape paintings, still life paintings, riviera, french seascape, colin carruthers
 
 
 

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    Artist Statement

    Colin Carruthers was born in Antrim Town in Northern Ireland where he spent his early childhood. He lived in Germany for a time and at various locations in the U.K., moving to Birmingham in 1985. Having studied Fine Art at Margaret Street in 1994, he was drawn towards painting and completed a B.A. Honours degree in 1997. Colin is an intuitive painter sometimes working from sketches or photographs as a starting point. In his studio, Colin listens to music whilst he paints. He works with oils, acrylics and watercolour. When Colin is not painting in his studio, he likes to make trips to the countryside and coast and continues to draw inspiration from his travels. He enjoys the experience of being outdoors and emotionally connecting with the landscape and its surroundings. He may visit the same place at different times, but each time the place is changed by the light, the weather and the flora, and that inspires him to draw and paint and to experience the place afresh – as if visiting it for the first time. Colin’s paintings are a desire to capture something about the essence of what it feels like to be there.

    CV & Education

    Qualifications and training 1997 - BA Honours in Fine Art (IIi)                                                                                                Birmingham Institute of Fine Art, Margaret St, Birmingham, England

    EXHIBITIONS

    1996 The Concourse Gallery, London, England
    1996 The Custard Factory, Birmingham, England
    1998 Birmingham International Airport, England
    1998 The Arcadian, Birmingham, England
    2001/4 The University of Birmingham, England
    2001 Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, England
    2001 North Ayrshire, Scotland
    2002 Harborne Gallery, Birmingham, England
    2003 St Paul’s The Crossing, Walsall, England
    2004 Obsidian Art Gallery, Stoke Manderville, England
    2005-13 Purple Gallery, Bournville, England
    2006-13 Artery Gallery, St. Andrew’s, Fife, Scotland
    2006-13 Courcoux & Courcoux Gallery, Hampshire, England
    2006-7 Millcove Gallery, Castletownbere, County Cork, Eire
    2006-13 The Albany Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
    2007-8 The Hallward Gallery , Dublin, Eire
    2007-10 Woodbine Contemporary Arts, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
    2009-13 McAllister Thomas Fine Art, Godalming, Surrey, England
    2010-13 Red Rag Gallery, Bath, Avon, England
    2012-2013 Blue Tree Gallery, York, England
    2013 White Space Art Gallery, Totnes, Devon, England

     

    COLLECTIONS

    Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
    University of Central England
    Private Collectors: (Australia, Canada, Finland, N Zealand, Russia, U.K. U.S.A.)