The Painting Process

Carolin L. Prinn, The Angel of Divinity Does Not Trust The Snake in The Garden of Eden, 2016, oil on Belgian linen, 1200 x 800 mm

Here I show the process behind my paintings. The underpainting, which I studied through the masters Jan Van Eyck and Leonardo, allows an almost surreal sense of depth to come through the transparent layers of oil, allowing an incredible amount of detail. Stylistically, I have also developed techniques inspired from The Symbolists, Renaissance masters and Romantics. This work is concerned with the inconceivable 'Socratic (or Platonic) Ideal', a common motif in my work, then uses literary reference and the Fairytale, The Sleeping Beauty, to illustrate a modern condition.