Caroline Parkes – Oxfordshire Artweeks

Caroline Parkes – portfolio

Caroline Parkes at work

Caroline Parkes: WE BLOOM LIKE FLOWERS This portrait of Nina of Woodstock, wearing a dress by Louisa Maybury, will be displayed in Louisa Maybury, Woodstock, as part of the Artists in Woodstock windows art trail.

Caroline Parkes: YOU WEAR YOUR DRESSES LIKE STORIES This portrait of Nina of Woodstock, wearing a dress by Louisa Maybury, will be displayed in Louisa Maybury, Woodstock, as part of the Artists in Woodstock windows art trail.

Caroline Parkes: BEN IN GUCCI This portrait of Ben Golik, a vintage fashion and Gucci devotee, will be displayed as part of the Artists in Woodstock Artweeks exhibition.

Caroline Parkes: ORBITAL ROSE This painting was inspired by the Booker Prize winning book, Orbital, by Samantha Harvey. It will be featured in a display in the Woodstock Bookshop for Artweeks, for the Artists in Woodstock windows exhibition. The bookshop's window will feature a range of literary inspired work, from a range of Woodstock artists.

Caroline Parkes: ORBITAL EMERALD This painting was inspired by the Booker Prize winning book, Orbital, by Samantha Harvey. It will be featured in a display in the Woodstock Bookshop for Artweeks, for the Artists in Woodstock windows exhibition. The bookshop's window will feature a range of literary inspired work, from a range of Woodstock artists.

Caroline Parkes: WE ARE NOT BUILDING SHIPS, WE ARE BUILDING A FUTURE This painting was created for the Artists in Woodstock 'Conflict' exhibition at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock. It is inspired by a Cecil Beaton photograph, of a female welder in a Hull shipyard. This will be on display at St Mary Magdalene Church, Woodstock, for Artweeks.

Caroline Parkes: LADIES IN THE LADIES These ladies, wearing Julia Clancey dresses and turbans, are on permanent display in the ladies, at The Feathers, Woodstock. Pop in and enjoy the Artists in Woodstock gallery wall, which also features my work. The cocktails are thoroughly recommended.

Caroline Parkes: MILLIA PEACH Inspired by a fashion image from designer Millia London, this will feature in a window for the Artists in Woodstock windows trail for Artweeks

Caroline Parkes: MILLIA SCARLETT Inspired by a fashion image from designer Millia London, this will feature in a window for the Artists in Woodstock windows trail for Artweeks

Caroline Parkes: MILLIA MONOCHROME Inspired by a fashion image from designer Millia London, this will feature in a window for the Artists in Woodstock windows trail for Artweeks

Contact the artist

https://www.carolineparkes.art/
07970 132859
caro.parkes@googlemail.com

Artist information

I am the founder of Artists in Woodstock, an amateur artist, a lover of colour and fashion. In professional life I’m the Chief Experience Officer of creative business Wonderhood Studios.

I’ll be exhibiting as part of the Artists in Woodstock group for Oxfordshire Artweeks, focusing this year on the windows. I’ve painting two portraits specifically for Louise Maybury’s windows, featuring her beautiful dresses worn by Nina of Woodstock in Nina’s nearby garden. And also pastel and acrylic images featuring fashions from No 5 Park Street. Plus I’ve curated the window at the Woodstock Bookshop, with artworks that are inspired by paintings, and featuring my Orbital inspired oils.

If you’re visiting Woodstock, please also pop to The Feathers hotel. As well as enjoying a coffee or cocktail, you can also enjoy the gallery wall that I curated last Summer. Plus, for the ladies, you can see my dancing ladies on display in the loos.

Exhibition information

My recent work is heavily fashion inspired. By designers I love, such as Julia Clancey, or Milia London. And by friends who’s style I admire. I paints mainly in oils, and love exploring different textures. I love impasto, but also smooth creamy colours. Try as I might to keep things simple, I am a paint maximalist!

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