Dusk Alchemy - An Exhibition by Carol Graham RUA

Winter Solstice Celebrated in Art at Belfast Gallery

Dusk Alchemy - An Exhibition by Carol Graham RUA

ArtisAnn Gallery, 70 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast, BT5 5AE

Wed 1st October to Sat 1st November

Late Night Opening: WED 1st October from 6 to 8pm

Wed – Sat: 11am to 5.30pm

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Carol Graham works across genres with an ever-evolving range of images and styles. Her work is held in private collections, public institutions, businesses and galleries across the UK, Ireland, USA, South Africa and Australia. Carol trusts and courageously follows her inner voice.

Carol describes this exhibition as

“This collection birthed as an exhilarating rush of visual stories.  Begun around the mid-winter Solstice they took ragged forms in intense blues, purples, crimsons, with rich bronze and gold. They explore something of the dark and dusks of winter when the dog becomes the wolf".

Her subject matter varies, including landscapes, seascapes, still life, horses, and spiritual, metaphorical and abstract images. She often produces images in groups or in a series. Throughout her subject matter, from the most vibrant to the darkest, there is a consistent quality of light; Carol especially enjoys dawn and dusk.

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland commissioned and purchased her work, as did the Ulster Museum in Belfast. Regular commissions (including multiple portraits) followed and she continued to explore and extend her work in this area. She was recently commissioned by the Assembly to paint the official portrait of former First Minister Peter Robinson.

In the early 1990s Carol experienced a period of depression, which she sought to explore and understand through her work. Her images changed, encompassing new subject matter of Irish mountain landscapes, which developed into cathartic and powerful abstract images: metaphorical explorations of emotional and spiritual experiences.

Carol’s acclaimed exhibition Into the Darkness, in Dublin and Belfast, was the culmination of this difficult and ultimately redemptive process.  Carol’s learning from this period informs all her subsequent work; she has a keen interest in art therapy.

Carol served as President of the Royal Ulster Academy (RUA) from 2003-2006.

All artworks are available to buy.

You can also buy art from this exhibition through the Own Art scheme which gives you an interest-free loan over 10 months (and you still get to take the art home immediately the exhibition ends).

ArtisAnn Gallery, 70 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast, BT5 5AE

Wed – Sat: 11am to 5.30pm

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