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Eleanor Carlingford

The images below are examples of the artist's work and are not neccessarily available
in this exhibition. However, if you are interested in purchasing any of the artwork on
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I am first and foremost a painter. The main focus of my work is in this medium, however I also make three dimensional work, I write poetry and songs. My work is concerned with the struggle of the individual to get to grips with personal identity. My material is often semi-autobiographical stemming from my own cultural and social influences, but the themes are universal. I am interested in the inward dynamic on the person of the forces which come to play during the course of a so-called 'up-bringing'. But my research also covers exploration of the triangular dynamics of feelings, thoughts and behaviour. The pull between good versus evil within the individual and the social environment is also a feature of my work. I have pursued other themes, working intuitively as a response to various stimuli on creative writing courses where I have worked under the tuition of both Danny O’Rourke and Liz Lochhead in Scotland and of the writer Cristophe Fiat during a term spent studying at Quimper School of Art in France. I have also studied Artists' book making with Jenny Smith. Website, text, images and designs all © Panik Designs 2003