
CAROL CRICHTON
Paintings
October 6 - October 22, 2016
In her first solo exhibition since 2002, Carol Crichton explores themes based on a perspective of Jamaica and an on-going dialogue with personal/universal issues.
"Her brilliantly coloured canvases have a 'come hither' effect on viewers, drawing you in then detaining your gaze with the symbols, patterns and signs she tends to dwell on. Hers is a restless brush, wandering all over the surface of the island with a cartographer's curiosity, not merely to produce sterile landscapes, but also slicing into the psychic and cultural imagery underpinning the Jamaican nationscape and the people thereof'. - Annie Paul, writer and critic.
"Access to land is obviously a highly political (or highly politicised) issue, especially in a country such as Jamaica. And ideas of 'landscape' are eternally fascinating because landscape is always such a constructed commodity. I think Carol's work subtly unpicks and reconfigures a sense of the Jamaican landscape". - Dr. Eddie Chambers, curator, writer. Assoc. Professor of Art History at the University of Texas USA - Curator's Eye 2. National Gallery Of Jamaica.
Carol Crichton

Born in 1943 in Jamaica. Educated at Wolmer's High School for Girls, Kingston, Jamaica. The School Of Visual Arts New York, USA. ( Recipient of Grant from Government of Jamaica.) Studied with Valerie Bloomfield, Eugene Hyde, Barry Watson, Karl Parboosingh.
"Educated at the School of Visual Art in New York and mentored by abstract painter Eugene Hyde, Carol Crichton has charted her own path through the murky waters of the Jamaican art scene. Her brilliantly coloured canvases have a ‘come hither’ effect on viewers, drawing you in, then detaining your gaze with the symbols, patterns and signs she tends to dwell on. Hers is a restless brush, wandering all over the surface of the island with a cartographer’s curiosity, not merely to produce sterile landscapes, but also slicing into the psychic and cultural imaginary underpinning the Jamaican nationscape and the people thereof. " Excerpt from 'Carol Crichton’s Piercing Gaze'.
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the collection
The Collection is a selection of the works shown during the exhibition. Some works may still be available. Please contact us for more information.

SOLD

Silkscreen. Photo Cleary 1895. Oil/Canvas 49" x 41" 2016

Giclee. Photog. Unknown. Acrylic/Canvas 36" x 48" 2016

Giclee. Photog. Unknown. Acrylic/Canvas 31" x 47" 2016

Giclee 19thC Stamp, W/Colour of Bird. Acrylic/Canvas 37" x 45" 2016

Acrylic/Canvas 43" x 40" 2015

Acrylic/Canvas 30" x 27" 2015

Acrylic/Printed Fabric on Board 32" x 42" 2016

Acrylic/Printed Fabric 67" x 47" 2012

Acrylic/Canvas 60" x 69" 2012

Acrylic on Plastic 71" x 26" 2014

Oil/Canvas. Multi Panels 53.5" x 39" 2008

Collage/Acrylic on Illus. Board 18" x 27" 2000

SOLD

Acrylic/Canvas 25" x 17.5" 2015

Acrylic/Canvas 56" x 55" 1998

Acrylic/Collage on Illus. Board 36" x 23" 2000

Tryptich, Acrylic/Canvas 57" x 83" 1995

Silkscreen/Acrylic/Canvas 62" x 50 2006

Acrylic/Canvas 35" x 29" 1978

Acrylic/Canvas 36" x 25" 2002

Oil/Canvas 42" x 18" 1998

Private Collection

Private Collection

Private Collection

Private Collection

In the Media
Article: The Jamaica Observer: Carol Crichton works on show
Article: The Gleaner: Carol Crichton Works On Show At Olympia Gallery