carey mortimer, tears of light.thackeray gallery
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Carey Mortimer, Tears of Light. Thackeray GalleryTRANSCRIPT
carey mortimer
tears of light
carey mortimer
7th – 24th may 2013
Page one: Epiphany (detail) egg tempera on gessoed panel, 18.5x15.5
Carey’s work is individual, often ethereal and instantly recognisable. In essence her work is abstract, with the occasional familiar image, such as a cup, an egg, a shoal of fish, or a symbol or scripture of a time past. Sarah Macdonald-‐Brown
Chair I egg tempera on gessoed cloth
20 x20"
Aurum oil/gold leaf on gessoed panel
24x24"
In Limbo egg tempera/lacquer on wood
23x23"
Sink or Swim egg tempera on gessoed cloth
14x17.5”
Pink Tea Bowl fresco-‐strappo
24.5x21”
Tentizzos oil on metal panel
13x13”
St Anthony tempted by a Heap of Gold II oil/gold on gessoed panel
19.5x9.5”
Ladies of the Sea fresco-‐stucco lucido
45.5x32.5”
Wish you were here egg tempera on panel 14x11”
Tentizzos II oil, shellac on sea chart, 45x29.5"
45x29.5”
Chair II egg tempera on gessoed cloth 20x20”
Pandora’s Box egg tempera on gessoed board 13x12”
The Breaking of the ancient western code oil, lacquer on paper 41x28”
Tears of Light egg tempera on gessoed cloth
38x28”
The Fava Eaters II egg tempera on gessoed cloth
28x38”
Palazzo di Uccelli
fresco-‐auto staccante 23x20”
Comments from Carey Mortimer’s 2010 solo show: “Exquisite as ever, a poet with the touch of an angel.”
carey mortimer
tears of light
7th-‐ 24th May 2013
“Enchanting dreaming effect on me, replenishing. Thank you.”
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