Carey Mortimer
Carey Mortimer was born in 1962. She studied Decorative Arts at the City and Guilds of London Art School from 1984-1986. Her particular interest in ancient art techniques, led her to do a further year's study in Italy, specialising in fresco, at Il Laboratorio per Affresco, Prato. From 1990-1991, she did a Masters in Public Art and Design, at Duncan of Jordanston College of Art, Dundee. Carey now lives and works in Sardinia.
Carey's semi-abstract paintings develop as she works with arcane techniques, the process of creating the paintings being as important as the finished piece. The paintings convey Carey's very modern concerns, with a sense of irony evoked by this extraordinary mix of old and new. Her work recalls an age where Art, Philosophy, Science, Maths and Theology were inextricably linked.
Carey teaches the old techniques of fresco, as well as painting itself, at various summer schools throughout Europe. She has also worked on many public commissions as well as being in many private and public collections worldwide.
Carey Mortimer has been exhibiting with Thackeray Gallery since 1994.
