Artists
Caroline Frood
Caroline Frood
Initially Frood's work was abstract and quite textural although she always maintained her objective drawing practice. In 1997 her work took a more representational direction as she completed numerous studies of her young children. From this point onwards portraiture and still life would form the core of her work.
Since this time she has exhibited at the South West Academy, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the Mall Galleries. In 2006 she was a runner up in the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize and following on from this she was invited to exhibit at Artonomy, Truro the following year. In Spring 2008 she exhibited with two other women in London and in the autumn at Hybrid, Devon.
Caroline Frood paints exquisite still-lifes, landscapes and portraits; in common to them all is her "intensity of gaze". Studying and painting a single subject for weeks or months, she sustains a commitment to her subject matter which ultimately lends weight and resonance to the finished work. In particular the simple composition of a still-life together with her muted palette will give her work a gentleness, subtlety and calmness. Frood conveys her sensitive understanding of her subject and imbues her work with a significance beyond it's mere appearance.
Exhibition: Close to Home 4 - 25 September 2010
