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18 11 2007

Trilogy by Clinton Carter

Posted by: Emmanuel Caruana in 43 years anniversary of the Independence, Clinton Carter
Clinton Carter - Trilogy Clinton Carter is holding his 2nd solo exhibition at the Workers Memorial Building South Street, Valletta, Malta.
 
Entitled Trilogy, the exhibition includes a variety of Nudes, Still-life, Landscapes and sketches from life. In this exhibition, Clinton Carter is exhibiting his latest work carried out during the last two years.
 
The exhibited work is executed in a variety of media including oils, pastels, chalk and charcoal, ink, and collages. The exhibition will remain open until the 2nd January 2008.
 
   

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31 10 2007

Clinton Carter

Posted by: Emmanuel Caruana in Clinton Carter
I got to know Clinton Carter few months ago during a life class session at Alfred Briffa’s studio. When I encountered his sketches I soon noticed his interest towards human anatomy. His appreciation and love to anatomy is not only reflected in his drawings and paintings, infact, most of his daily activities are closely related with the Gym. Clinton Carter
Clinton is a sociable person and you can easily start a conversation with him. When I asked Clinton to visit his studio he was so pleased and made me so much welcome. His studio is a small room at his parent’s house. Although Clinton desires to have more space where he can work freely, he is very economical in terms of space and time. As regards time, Clinton utilises every single minute of the day. His daily activities are constant and consistent; cardio training, teaching, painting, gym, spending time with his family members as well with his better half.
Clinton showed me a collection of sketches, drawings and paintings in various media representing the human body. He believes that the human figure provides artists with a vast range of opportunities and contexts through which one can express his innnerself, send messages, deal with forms and countless occasions to link the interplay between the flesh, and what lived underneath the skin. Having the opportunity to meet and observe people with various body types enabled Clinton to appreciate the characteristics of; skinny, robust, underweight, well-built, chubby and overweight individuals. This is clearly illustrated in his works as they represent males, females, old, young, thin, fat and more, performing daily tasks such as resting, moving, and eating. Therefore, he is not interested in studying a particular body-type or sex, infact the greater the range of people, the more he experiments. Lately he is experimenting with faces of babies. He uses a variety of media such as pencil, chalk and charcoal, pastel, oils and inks.

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