Prints & Originals For Sale!

A selection of my original drawings and prints will now be available online. You may purchase from my collection at my nifty new shop. New works will be added regularly. Plus free shipping internationally : www.carolinprinn.com/collect. 

Painting a Magical World

I have been inspired to do some digital painting as of late. Here I illustrated a scene from my story world, The Islands of Niljora. I have an exciting project in the works for this world of mine. Stay tuned.

Finished Self Portrait

I finished my self portrait in oil on linen. 450 x 560 mm. Painted in a wintery garden of Berlin.

Editorial Portraits for REGJO

Editorial Portraits, 2016, REGJO Magazine, original in graphite on arches aquarelle, 297 x 420 mm.

My first editorial in Germany, published in the October edition of REGJO, Germany's regional journal. The work was designed for an article relaying the design principles for TRIZ, a mode of discovering methods of invention. Here, several of its prime movers and related philosophers (c.w. Altschuler, Marx, Leibniz, and Hegel ) are represented along with the inventions that have inspired the rediscovered system of engineering that is spurring ingenuity in the 21st century.

Portrait Commissions For '50 Years At The Village Vanguard'

Carolin L. Prinn, Portrait of Mel Lewis, 2016, graphite on arches aquarelle, 300 x 300 mm

Carolin L. Prinn, Portrait of Thad Jones, 2016, graphite on arches aquarelle, 300 x 300 mm

I have had the happy opportunity to create a pair of portraits specially for inclusion in '50 Years At The Village Vanguard', a new book by Dave Lisik and Eric Allen. I have truly enjoyed being a part of this project, celebrating the lives of these two jazz legends and look forward to seeing it in its final press. The book is currently on Presale through the site www.thadmelvjobook.com and is set for release early next year. 

To coincide with the books release, I am also offering an open print edition of the two portraits, available for a limited time through my shop.

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.

Portrait of Jonas Schollmeyer

Carolin L. Prinn,  Portrait of Jonas Schollmeyer, graphite on Arches aquarelle, 400 x 500 mm.

I have been steadily at work on portrait commissions of late. This is one I finished recently. To capture the rather delicate and beautiful features, I used solely layers of HB graphite, which creates an effect reminiscent of silverpoint. I particularly like the result. Before handing it over, I had a chance to show this and others from my collection with PRO4 in Friedrichshain, Berlin.

Adam Portraiture Award Exhibition Opens This Week

My work will be hung at The New Zealand Portrait Gallery from this Wednesday.

The show features finalists of this years' Adam Portraiture Award, selected by Guest Judge Mette Skougaard, Director of The Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark. 

If you are in Wellington, the show will be on display at The NZPG, Shed 11 from the 25 February to 29 May 2016. There will also be a People's Choice Award which you can vote for during your visit.

Finalist For The 2016 Adam Portraiture Awards

Very honoured to receive news that my painting is a selected finalist for the 2016 Adam Portraiture Award. The exhibition opens and final judging for the award will be announced 24th February. I am very excited to be showing with the NZ Portrait Gallery again.

Carolin L. Prinn,  Portrait of My Father, oil on Belgian linen, 762 x 1067 mm.

Coming Along On A New Portrait...

Carolin Prinn, Portrait of Laura Walker, graphite on arches aquarelle, 440 x 570 mm.

I have continued my exploration of portraiture as part of my body of work. It is a way to reach the core individual, of people I have met from around the world and after all, my experience of any place is so dependent on the people. I think my love of this kind of work resulted from my residence in France, where I focused on a series creating 'A Sense of Place', and did this through fleeting portraits of people I met as I travelled. Part documentation, part exploration into the human psyche. Although I do some work from a distance, I always appreciate interaction with the sitter of some sort, interested in hearing about their experience and transferring that through my own vision.

Portrait of My Father

Portrait of My Father (Prof. Ronald Prinn, Dir. Center for Global Change Science, M.I.T.), oil on Belgian linen, 30" x 42"

Finished this piece in November. I have painted my father as a thank you for the support and inspiration he has given me to pursue my passion, a career in art, and also out of the great respect I have for his own work. His research has contributed to and created headway in addressing climate change, a pressing issue of our time. On the left, I have depicted the two graphs he uses to introduce his research to politicians and policy makers around the globe, showing the outcomes of action vs. non-action.

Niljora

Niljora, of 'The Stories of Niljora' ©, digital

My latest conception of the mysterious heroine of my mythos, The Stories of Niljora ©. Very excited to have recently published some excerpts from my story, with accompanying art, that has driven so much of the content of my work. While the story is much a world written out, and currently an index to my art, I look forward to bringing it out further in a number of forms. The book is currently available on my website at www.carolinprinn.com.

'From madness and nothingness came the creature Niljora'... 

Progress On A New Portrait

Work in progress, Portrait of My Father (Prof. Ronald Prinn, Dir. Center for Global Change Science, M.I.T.), oil on linen.

I have started a new oil portrait. Here I am showing the underpainting, followed by the grisaille layers, and lastly the first layers of colour, keeping with a limited, earthy palette focused on the warm vs. the cool.

My New Hardcover Book Now Available

Presenting my new hardcover publication, released this September. The books features a selection of my works created between 2013-2015, included in my Worlds survey show in Wellington. There are 18 full page images set alongside excerpts from my mythos, The Stories of Niljora.

'At play in an ornate, fantastical world that mirrors and subverts our own, we enter a land where myth, classical tale and the story of history entwines with the modern world...'

To purchase copies, please visit my online shop. I am also selling on etsy. 

Weaving Through a Timeless Shifting Story - Exclusive Edition Prints

Weaving Through a Timeless Shifting Story is now available in an exclusive edition of prints. Hand-signed and numbered, they are printed on archival quality 310 gsm. Hahnemuhle german etching paper with HP Vivera pigment inks. The prints are available through my website www.carolinprinn.com as well as my etsy shop.

Exhibition opening of WORLDS by Carolin Prinn & Lance Ravenswood

I will be exhibiting new paintings and a survey of my work alongside graphic designer & visual artist Lance Ravenswood in Wellington next week. The show surveys and investigates the fantastical and symbolic narratives of our visual worlds. Limited edition prints and copies of our art books will also be available.

We welcome you to join us for the opening, 16 September, 5:30 - 7:30pm, if you are situated in Wellington.

DELUXE, 10 Kent Terrace, Te Aro, Wellington, 6011 / Hours: Mon - Fri 7 – 5pm, Sat/Sun 8 – 5pm

Finished Portrait Commission in Canada

Jeff & Carol, 2015, oil on Belgian linen, 1080 x 900 mm

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A recently completed commissioned oil portrait, now residing in its new home in Canada. Portrait and art collection of Jeff and Carol.

A small master study from Leonardo Da VInci

Carolin Prinn, study from Leonardo Da Vinci, pencil on Sennelier drawing paper, 210 x 297mm

The artist is from long ago but his work is still simply masterful.

Framed Limited Edition Prints

Carolin Prinn, The Temporary Muse, Limited Edition Print (1/50)

Carolin Prinn, Climbing To You, Limited Edition Print (1/50)

Carolin Prinn, The Beauty & The Terrible Beast, Limited Edition Print (1/50)

A selection of my Framed Limited Edition Prints are now available at Little Thunder and at 2 Eva Street Studios - both in Wellington. Archival giclee fine art prints on german etching paper, signed & numbered, Editions of 50. I also sell many more prints through my website and my etsy shop. Framed & unframed options available.

Weaving Through a Timeless Shifting Story

Carolin Prinn, Weaving Through a Timeless Shifting Story, acrylic on cotton rag, 36 x 54 cm.

This series of works have continued alongside my oil paintings and pen & inks.  
This piece can be previewed alongside select others at
2 Eva Street - March 28 - April 28 - Wellington