Caroline Strong

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Tuition

I run 3 Watercolour Painting art classes. Two at Liphook (one for beginners and one for improvers) and one that started after Easter 2009 in Petersfield for all abilities.

I am the tutor for Grayshott Art Society where I cover all media that the members express an interest in..

I now also run an evening class on Wednesdays at Petersfield Community Centre from 7pm to 9pm term time.

 

Biography

Hi, my name is Caroline Strong. I live and grew up next to the South Downs in Hampshire, one of many beautiful parts of this country.

I paint mostly in Watercolour the countryside,flowers,buildings and wildlife around me.I am willing to travel and undertake commissions in Watercolour or Acrylic. Contact me with your requirements.

I trained as a Cartographic Draughtsman in the late 1970's and so have an eye for detail and actually enjoy the challenge of painting scenes with perspective! I paint realistically but use techniques so as not to over work my paintings. I aim to acheive light and atmosphere in my paintings.

My work has been exhibited locally in Hampshire and W.Sussex and I have work in Galleries in Hampshire, Dorset and the Orkney Islands, and have exhibited in Guildford, Surrey.

I resigned from Cartography due to it becoming mostly computerised,and having a young family in the mid 1990's. I retrained and became deputy supervisor of a pre-school for five years and then left to further my painting opportunities.

In September 2007 I started to teach a weekly Watercolour painting class for beginners at Liphook,( where I grew up )and in June 2008 extended this to an extra improvers class also in Liphook.For these classes I make sure I do lots of demos to actually show how to acheive techniques. I started a Watercolour class in my home town of Petersfield after Easter 2009.

I was approached by Grayshott Art Society in July 2008 to become their tutor which I accepted.I teach a morning class and an aftrnoon class and am enjoying working with and teaching all media.Each half term a new theme/subject is explored.Different media is used to paint and/or draw the theme/subject.

I was also the Programme Secretary and Workshop Secretary for Bramshott and Liphook Art and Crafts Society and I am a member of Petersfield Art and Crafts Society.

I have had 4 paintings accepted by the United Society of Artists for their exhibition at the Menier Gallery, London, May 2011

I was awarded 'overall winner' of the Art Profile/ Jackson's Art Supplies/ Shin Han paints competition in May 2011

 

Exhibitions

March 2008 - Solo Exhibition
Oxmarket Gallery,
Chichester.
August 2008 - Solo Exhibition
Allen Gallery,
Alton.
October 2008- 1st ACE Exhibition,
St. Peter's Church,
Petersfield.
November 2008-Solo Exhibition
Liss Triangle Centre,
Liss
August 30th 2009-Stand at Petersfield Festivities
November 21st-28th 2009
2nd ACE Exhibition,
St. Peter's Church,
Petersfield
December 8th 2009-January 5th
Peter Thompson Art Gallery
Guildford.
April 2nd-20th June 2010
Exhibition of scenes
and flowers of Ramster
Gardens at Ramster Gardens
near Chiddingfold, Surrey.
November 20th -27th 2010
3rd ACE Exhibition at
St. Peter's Church,
Petersfield
January 8th-22nd 2011
New Beginnings Exhibition
Art Academy Gallery,
Petersfield
February 10th-17th 2011
'Love' exhibition
The Loft Gallery,
Grayshott
May 17th - 21st 2011
UNITED SOCIETY OF ARTISTS EXHIBITION
MENIER GALLERY, LONDON
June 4th - 28th 2011
Petworth House Summer Exhibition
Petworth, W.Sussex
November 18th?-25th? 2011
4th ACE Exhibition
St Peters Church,
Petersfield
December 5th 2011-January 5th 2012
Peter Thompson Gallery
Royal Surrey Hospital
Guildford
May 2012
Arts Market, Petersfield
June 9th and 10th 2012
BLACS Exhibition, Liphook
July 2012
Arts Market, Petersfield
August 25th to 1st Sept 2012
PACS Exhibition, Petersfield
Sept 2012
Arts Market, Petersfield
Oct 31st to 4th Nov 2012
Triangle Centre Exhibition, Liss
Nov 2012
ACE Exhibition, St Peter's Church, Petersfield
Nov 2012
Arts Market, Petersfield
Dec 2012
Arts Market, Petersfield

 

Awards

Art Profile/ Jackson's/ Shin Han Paints Competition 2011.
Watercolour competition on theme of 'My favourite view' using just Shin Han paints.
I was awarded 'OVERALL WINNER' prize of £100 Jackson Art Supplies voucher.

 

Media

Acrylic Inks, Acrylics, Coloured Pencil, Drawing, Pastels, Pen & Ink, Pen And Wash, Pencil/Charcoal, Watercolour, Watercolour Pencil

 

Subjects

Animals, Buildings, Cars & Trains, Colour Mixing, Flowers And Gardens, Landscape, Pet Portrait, Seascapes and Water, Skies, Townscapes, Trees and Foliage, Waterways and Canals, Wild Flowers, Wildlife