Chris Dolling Art

About Chris

 

I have drawn and painted ever since I can remember and acquired my first, second-hand, oil paints at age seven. Never having had any formal tuition, I am pretty much self-taught, and self learnt. My life-long interest in the visual arts was given new life when I joined Tadworth art Group more than twenty-five years ago.

 

I draw my inspiration from many sources: the countryside, travel, people, and the work of other artists. I paint in oil, watercolour, acrylic, gouache and pastel and my interests include landscape and cityscape, the human figure, portraiture, and genre. Each subject and medium has its own interest and challenge. As to my style, I am a figurative painter but am not averse to venturing into whimsy, caricature and abstraction when the feeling takes me.

 

I exhibit regularly with Tadworth Art Group and Surrey Artists’ Open Studios. I have also shown my work at AppArt Godalming, The Children’s Trust, Denbies Wine Estate, The Rye Café in Ashtead, and have completed a number of commissions.

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I currently have paintings on display at The Corner Gallery, 3 Gordon Road, Carshalton, SM5 3RG. The next opportunity to view my work with TADWORTH ART GROUP will be at our WINTER EXHIBITION 15 - 17th October 2024 at St John's Hall Tadworth, KT20 5.  Current work can be viewed at tadworthartgroup.com website.

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'Henley - oil