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Isobel Pravda
 
 
About the Artist

After taking A-level art, Isobel Pravda did not paint again for 10 years. In the intervening years she trained as a actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 2001.
At drama school, her creative energy had a different outlet. During her career as an actor, she played in theatre,film and television, a highlight being the lead female, Camille Monet, in the 2006 BBC 1 drama 'The Impressionists'. In 2007, Isobel decided to move to Greece and during that time felt the energy and need to paint again. Isobel feels that the source of her creativity, expressed both in her acting and her art, is the same. She further believes that, in both disciplines, the accumulation of experiences and influences enriches and informs her work.

Isobel's grandmother. Hana Pravda: Holocaust survivor; actor; director; and painter, took a young Isobel around the galleries of London and Europe. This was Isobels' true art school and these European experiences feature heavily in her work.


 
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Winter lake, Peloponissos

2008
oil on canvas
38cm*50cm

Winter lake, Peloponissos
A lake in North Peloponissos, Greece.

Isthmus

2008
oil on canvas
70cm*90cm

Isthmus
Nude. Girl turning away from the light.

Olive Grove, Winter

2008
oil on canvas
45cm*60cm

Olive Grove, Winter
Olive grove in December, west Corfu, Greece.

Girl by rock

2007
oil on canvas
40cm*60cm

Girl by rock
Gril holding breast resting on rock by the sea.

Little tree, corfu

2007
oil on canvas
20cm*15cm

Little tree, corfu
Spring time, tree in corfiot garden, morning.

Littl House

2007
oil on canvas
35cm*20cm

Littl House
Traditional Corfiot house, painted in Spring in the morning light.

The Doll

2007
oil on canvas
70cm*50cm

The Doll
Inspired by 'The Rape' this is a comment on the grotesque overtness of many body images. Taken from life sketches the final image is alive and yet bursting with air,plastic and swollen.

Elia

2007
oil on canvas
50cm*30cm

Elia
Olive grove in Corfu, mid summer.

Christos

2007
oil on canvas
45cm*25cm

Christos
Man called Christos,Corfu, Greece. Easter monday on the top of a mountain by a small church. A modern day icon.

Adonis

2007
oil on canvas
100cm*80cm

Adonis
Nude. Painting from life, modern day young Greek Adonis: a living sculpture.

Corinth Triptych

2008
oil on canvas
60x38

Corinth Triptych
First panel in a triptych panorama of Ancient Corinth with the sprawling modern city in front

Corinth Triptych

2008
oil on canvas
60x38

Corinth Triptych
Second panel in a triptych panorama of Ancient Corinth with the sprawling modern city in front

Corinth Triptych

2008
oil on canvas
60x38

Corinth Triptych
Third panel in a triptych panorama of Ancient Corinth with the sprawling modern city in front

Sophia

2008
oil on canvas
100x90

Sophia on a hammock

The Show

2007
oil on canvas
95x80

The Show
Nude grabbing chair

Rose

2007
oil on canvas
110x85

Rose
Rose in sepia
 
Education and biography


A- level art. BA in Acting from the Central School of Speech and Drama
 
Future shows
Oxford
The Jam Factory
14th NOVEMBER - 14TH DECEMBER 2008
Her first collection was painted during the year in Greece. The majority of the work uses an unusual palette to interpret the Greek winter.
 
 
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