Photography – Page 2 – Carla Boulton

Promises series

Dimensions: 6 x 4″ acrylic paint and ink on board.

A series which looks at how short verbal exchanges made in relationships can have a profound effect

Promises 1 was sent to Moss, Norway as part of the second Twitter art exhibition organised by David Sandum @davidsandumart, follow the #twitterartexhibit on Twitter. Promises 2 and 3 were framed and sold in the UK.

I was involved in the first Twitter art exhibition in 2010/11 and am proud to have been again.

The exhibition is a collaboration between artists from all over the World and the works are diverse in style and material, all must be postcard sized.

All funds raised from the sale of works – from which the artists take nothing – supported the Moss Women’s Refuge.

Drawing for Movember

During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in the UK and around the world.
The aim of which is to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men.

As a lady I can’t (yet) grow a moustache, however I can draw so I have joined in with Creature Mag’s call for Movember illustrations, here’s my offering below, this was linked from the Penhaligon of London website.

Billboard Art Project (USA)

I was selected to show my work in the The Billboard Art Project, USA.

The project features the work of artists from all over the World, below you can see mine on show in Baton Rouge, Louisiana – this is possibly the largest-scale my work has been seen at, what a great collaboration!

The Billboard Art Project

Halloween

Animals like Halloween too you know…this illustration was featured in Creature Mag alongside some other fab work

This is silly. . .

The start of a new project, this is silly…

Ditherington Flax Mill

After I spent a year as one of the artists in residence at Ditherington Flaxmill, Shrewsbury Shropshire SY1, five pieces of work, drawings and mixed media became part of a very successful group show by Flaxmill Arts. The show was part of an English Heritage Open Weekend which was attended by over 1000 visitors.

The drawn images below have been printed in an edition of 5 on acid-free paper in archival ink. Please enquire to buy.

Graphic pen on paper 200 x 210

Gastronomy Shop Gnosall

Sarah Roberts from the Gastronomy shop a delightful delicatessen in Gnosall, Staffordshire, UK commissioned a drawing of her shop front to add to publicity materials, I was happy to oblige and then to reverse it out for her too. Drawn in Graphic pen on non-bleed paper.

Cyclamen, ongoing

I love Cyclamens and this one has been around for three years now, being painted each year.

The image with the bright blue background Cyclamen in a favourite bowl was painted in homage to a very special Canadian artist Mr Joseph Plaskett (his message) who has featured these plants in many of his own works. (See Joseph Plaskett’s work at Gallery 78)

Drawing a Dog

When a client asked me to draw her dog Kipper for use in her new business I was delighted, my design business is NaughtyMutt Ltd – Fred is our dog and I like a challenge.

Any commission goes through a process, part of this is getting to know the subject. In the case of converting Kipper to a coloured line drawing it meant sitting with photographs of him, learning about his character from his owner and then making sheets of drawings with my fine graphic pen, some looked just wrong, others OK but at some point in the process – not the first drawing and not the last I got it right.

My client was really pleased: Hi there Carla, the logo is fab – thank you. That was nice as there’s always a breath-holding moment inbetween sending previews to a client and the feedback. I hope you enjoy Kipper, the process – the coloured image is the final one.

Older faces

Something I am very interested in and would like to paint more, both of these paintings are made in acrylic on paper