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dwg0626 on Jan 29, 2021
5 out of 5 starsCarole is as talented and brilliant as she is friendly and engaging. My wife and I purchased three of her pieces and we are delighted to have them hanging in our home.
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lucystarshine on Nov 9, 2020
5 out of 5 starsIt’s atmospheric as an oil painting promises to be. I look at it and am transported to the place where it was painted. I’m honestly thrilled to buy something off of Etsy which is so rare and beautiful.
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Kate on Oct 8, 2020
5 out of 5 starsI absolutely love the painting! It looks amazing and it was safely wrapped and arrived quickly
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wendyflorescounselin on Jul 17, 2020
5 out of 5 starsI received this today and I am just so excited. I knew I would love it, but it is even more lovely than I imagined it would be. Working with Carole is a complete joy!
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Mr. Jackson on Jul 16, 2020
5 out of 5 starsAn exceptional painting and one that will be with me for the rest of my life. It’s absolutely beautiful and I’m very privileged to have it in my collection. Thank you so much Carole x
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Lynn on Mar 27, 2020
5 out of 5 starsThis painting is amazing in person. I hope to buy another painting from her in the future.
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A on Oct 30, 2019
5 out of 5 starsThis is such a lovely painting. It perfectly captures the mood of time and place.
Thank you!
About CaroleNatafArt
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Painting in my studio
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Royal Society of Marine Artists Exhibition at the Mall Galleries London
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Plein air painting in Hampstead Heath
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Painting on my favorite easel
About me
Artist Bio
Carole Nataf is an experienced London-based artist who was born in France. She has been exhibited in galleries in the U.S., Paris and London (Mall Galleries, London; Kingston Gallery, Boston; etc.) and her work is represented in dozens of private collections and publications. She took part in the U.K. TV Show Portrait Artist of the Year 2020 on Sky TV. She holds degrees in Philosophy from La Sorbonne (B.A.) and History of Art (M.A.) from the Courtauld Institute where she is currently undertaking a PhD in History of Art.
While studying art privately in Paris, NYC, San Francisco and Boston, she was naturally drawn to painting outdoors and from life, immersed in the heart of her subjects. Influenced by the French impressionists and inspired by contemporary culture, the world she depicts is soft and colorful.
Carole’s more recent work explores contemporary visual culture and the effects of social media, iphone photography and digital culture on representation. Adopting high exposure, saturated colors and distorted angles, her recent portraits express the ambiguity of self-presentation in the digital age.
Artist Statement
Figurative painting is an emotional and imaginative journey, not just an exercise in copying. My work attempts to recreate perceptual impressions and visual effects by developing a coherent, personal language. More than the object of my attention, it is the process of seeing itself, the experience of sight that I wish to lay out on the canvas. Exploring the expressive power and subtle flavors of soft and vibrant colors enables me to get at the heart of what I see.
I am inspired to paint the intimacy of my surroundings and the attraction that absorbing places, stirring people and tantalizing objects exercise on me. As a plein air painter, I favor immediate contact with my subject. However, I do venture painting after digital photography and explore the frustration of its artificial format in my recent portraits.
I approach the creative process as construction work, where simplified shapes are juxtaposed without blending to assemble a landscape, a body or a face. I apply thick brushstrokes onto a wet surface to obtain a rich and juicy texture and to manifest the tangible physical presence of my subject imposing itself.
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Carole Nataf Art
Owner, Creator, Painter
French and American painter working with Oil painting on canvas. All paintings in my shop are painted by me and are original pieces. Visit my website for more: www.carolenataf.com
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