Born in
Llanelli, on the Atlantic coast of South Wales, Great Britain, Caroline feels
right at home in Victoria. Interested in
drawing from childhood, she received a diploma in design from the Barrett St.
College of Design in London, England.
Pursuing her interest in art here in Victoria she has enjoyed numerous
workshops and has worked steadily to develop her own voice.
Elected to Associate Signature Status by the Federation of Canadian
Artists in 2009 in recognition of her ability to capture and express her
delight in the landscapes, figures and objects around her, Caroline continues
to explore an impressionistic approach.
Using a limited palette she enjoys paying special attention to negative
spaces, with the intention of bringing excitement and a mystic quality to her
work.
Caroline has received several awards with the Federation Gallery in
Vancouver and the Victoria Chapter of the F.C.A. She has participated frequently in the Sidney
Fine Arts Show, CACGV “LOOK” Victoria, and in the Art Gallery of Greater
Victoria Rental and Sale Program, and she has been a successful participant in
their Summer Small Works Program. Two of
her paintings were juried into the
“Artists Choice 2013” Show, at the F.C.A. Federation Gallery, Granville
Island, Vancouver, and she received an “Honorable Mention” in the 2015 “Coast
Collective” Spring Show. In August, 2016 Caroline learned that she was accepted
into the FCA international competition, Painting On The Edge.
An active member of five art
clubs in Victoria, including the Victoria Chapter of the Federation of Canadian
Artists, Victoria Sketch Club, the Oak Bay Art Club, the Oak Bay Community
Artists Society, and Saanich Peninsular Arts and Crafts Society. Caroline has
served on several executive committees and given acrylic and watercolour
demonstrations for other clubs. She served as Secretary for both the Victoria
Sketch Club and the Oak Bay Community Artists Society in the year 2014-2015,
and she served as one of the jurors in the 2014 F.C.A. Victoria Chapter Coast
Collective Spring Show.
Caroline had the honor of being chosen as one of sixty-five FCA
artists asked to participate in the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s “65
Red Roses” fundraising event in 2010 in Vancouver, honoring Eva Markvoort’s
remarkable spirit (1984-2010), and creating one massive artwork consisting of
65 panels of each artist’s representation of a single red rose.
In 2016 Caroline donated her painting created in the CACGV “Painting
in the Park”, and has regularly donated one of her paintings to the Canadian
National Institute of the Blind.
Working in both watercolour and acrylic Caroline’s principal
interest is in landscapes. She has
painted numerous commissions, including portraits of people and dogs, and has a
growing collection of works in private homes throughout Canada and in Ireland,
England, Wales, New Zealand and Australia.
“I paint for joy. The light on this lovely west coast is always
playing tricks on us and I try to capture this energy, and the mystery I see in
nature’s brief tranquil spaces around me.
With my exploration of blue pigment and of negative spaces I attempt to
bring a surreal quality of light to my landscapes.”
Website: www.fchunter.com
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