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Born 1962, Widnes, UK

"I'm a painter and surfer, in varying percentages, depending on the light, the tide, the time of day...I'm a Zen Buddhist all day long..."

Named Carol McDonnell, but friends call me Blue, so call me Blue. I also have the name Chondzin [meaning 'Holder of Dharma'], a Buddhist name granted to me by the Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in 2003.

"Described recently in a review as an "artist,surfer and groovy spiritual being"...my hope is to bring soul and a sense of peace to my work, and to share that moment with others."

Originally a photographer, graphic designer, art director and lecturer in multimedia, I now work full time as a painter, since 2004. I work primarily in watermedia, specifically watercolour, gouache, ink and acrylic. I experiment and push the boundaries of these media, and am particularly exploring the nature of the brush, through developing my own brushes. As a watermedia painter, I donate from my work to the WaterAid charity, in order to help those for whom water is not so freely available. I will be holding a series of painting workshops in 2007.

My paintings explore the essence of things, universal concepts. I try to strip away all but the essential in my work. I paint my own form of minimal expressionism. Also a trainee Zen calligrapher, I try to bring elements of this into my painting, the two approaches frequently come together in pieces I create. I am also a trainee haiku poet, which relates strongly to my painting, in that I also produce 'visual haiku', and am somewhat of a specialist in this field.

Inspired by the painters Kazuaki Tanahashi, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, Neil Canning, I particularly find inspiration in Japanese art, calligraphy, Zen, and Abstract Expressionism.

'completing the circle'

2006
12 x 7.5 cm

'one stroke meditation'

2006
: gouache | cartridge paper :
19.5 x 8 cm

'enso 01'

2006
: gouache | cartridge paper :
19.5 x 19.5 cm

'horizon of colours'

2006
: watercolour | gesso | 300gsm paper :
30 x 30 cm

'horizon'

2006
: oil | oil bar | acrylic gesso | acrylic matte gel | coarse marble dust | canvas :
12.8 x 12.8 cm

'carn brow'

2005
: watercolour / 160gsm cartridge :
17 x 17 cm

'torrent'

2005
: watercolour / graphite / 160gsm cartridge :
17 x 17 cm