Marie Carroll
Marie Carroll was born in St John’s Wood, London where she received her formal training at the Goldsmith College of Art. Here she spent three years learning and developing her masterly control of light and colour; before moving to Ireland in the 1970’s. She fell in love with the vibrant, bustling streets and historic parts of Dublin. She was captivated by Dublin City’s manifold enticements and this provided the inspiration and the subject matter for her delightful paintings for more than forty years.
Her techniques and themes reflect her interest in the painterly concerns of French Impressionism, which she modernises through her use of strong harmonious colours, illustrating the success in which she assimilates aspects of Impressionism while staying true to her own idiosyncrasies.
Compiled of a harmonious range of hues, she creates compositions in which she mixen herself with...
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