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paintings by carolyn lamb

Failand Poppies (2), North Somerset . Carolyn Lamb 2014. Oil on canvas. 20 x 38 cm

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All works copyright Carolyn Lamb. [email protected] 
I am a plein-air painter based in Bristol, UK. My paintings are souvenirs of place and time.  I like to capture what I see in paint so that moment can be enjoyed forever. All my work is done on location directly from nature.


See more landscapes and cityscapes in the gallery
.  CLICK painting trips blog to see my most recent work.  Also catch my work on Instagram.  www.instagram.com/artsitecarolyn/       #artsitecarolyn . Or in person every June on the annual BS9 art trail http://www.bs9arts.co.uk/       Get in touch if you would like to ask about a painting.

PictureNine oils at the Clifton Arts exhibition at Abbotts Leigh Village hall
EXHIBITING IN 2025 AT :  
SPRING FAIR,  ABBOTS LEIGH VILLEGE HALL , BS8 3QP .                MAY 28TH - JUNE 1ST  10.30- 6PM   2025




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    BS9 ART TRAIL, VENUE 1, STOKE LODGE,    SHIREHAMPTON  ROAD, BRISTOL, BS9 1BN.    7TH -8TH JUNE 11-5PM  2025

WEST BRISTOL ART TRAIL, SAVILLS, 20 THE MALL, CLIFTON, BRISTOL, BS8 4DL .       11-12TH OCTOBER   2025



PictureFour of my works exhibited at the CLIFTON ARTS AUTUMN ART FAIR, from 23rd-30th Nov 2024. At the Victoria Methodist Church, 1a Whiteladies Road, Bristol. BS8 1NU 10-5pm.


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Tide Out , Severn Beach, Oil, 2020
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The Rope Swing, Holt Farm , Yeo Valley, Oil, 2023
Two oils exhibited at the Clevedon 66th Open exhibition 17th -26th August 2024.
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Four oils for the BS9 Art trail. Triumph : Clevedon Pier : Birnbeck Pier ; Oak at Holt Farm
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Perthshire Pine trees : Poppies Iris and daisies: and Schiehallion from Dunalister water are the 3 oils I exhibited at the Spring Exhibition 2024
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5 Oils I exhibited at the Clifton Arts Summer Exhibition at the Victoria Methodist Church Undercroft, Whiteladies Road Bristol from 29th July- 6th Aug 2023, Daily 10-5.
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3RD-8TH MAY 2023 : AUTUMN AVON GORGE: MINI CAR GARDEN AND THE AVON GORGE FROM SEAWALLS ARE 3 OILS I EXHIBITED AT THE CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE VISITOR CENTRE AND HUB AS PART OF THE NORTH SOMERSET ARTS TRAIL.
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Blackthorn Tree, Cheddar Gorge, March 2022. Oil. See my Blog for details of my Cheddar artists retreat week in March 2023.
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Three oils on show at the Portishead Saltmarsh Exhibition , August 2022 : The Black Nore Lighthouse; Portishead Nature Reserve; Tide out Saltmarsh at Severn Beach.
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OIL PAINTINGS FOR THE BS9 ART TRAIL 2022. THIS YEAR ON SAT 18TH AND SUN 19TH JUNE 2022 AT STOKE LODGE, SHIREHAMPTON ROAD, BRISTOL FROM 11-5PM.
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Four oil paintings in the Clifton Arts Club 111th Open Exhibition , 31st July -15th August 2021, can also be seen at Stoke Lodge on the BS9 Art trail 2021. From left to Right: Shepherds Hut ,Wrington; Upper Tullochgrue Farm Rothiemurchas; Woodside Cottage, New Forest and Sheep pen, Brockley Elm Farm.
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NEWS: BS9 ART TRAIL 2021 will be happening on Saturday and Sunday 4 th and 5th September 2021 (subject to Coronavirus restrictions). Your chance to see these 2019 oils in person. I am exhibiting at Stoke Lodge, Shirehampton Road. https://www.instagram.com/bs9arts/
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Framing up Findhorn Bay for the May 17-29th 2021 INSIDE OUT exhibition.

PictureTim 14 March 2020. Chalk pastel pencil.

 DUE TO CORONAVIRUS  BS9 ART TRAIL 2020 Was CANCELLED UNTIL 2021. But  it is back in 2021 September 4th/ 5th .
Meantime art continues and exhibited here instead.
Keep an eye on my Painting Trips Blog page.









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I was exhibiting my Findhorn Bay Sunset oil in this show. We were locked down inside but now we can get out and about.
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Winter Cheddar Gorge and Winters End , Hotwells. C Lamb . Oils. These two were exhibited in the WINTER exhibition at The Malago, 220 North Street Bedminster from 7th Nov to 2nd December 2019

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Bosigran Rock Stack, Porthmoina, Cornwall. C Lamb 2016. Oil. 10x12".
STEAK OF THE ARTS: Cathedral Walk, Harbourside, Bristol. From 2nd - 28th September 2019 : Exhibiting Mini Garden and Bosigran Cliff.    Just Finished.
MASS WORLD RECORD LANDSCAPE PAINTING EVENT :  SUNDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 2019 AT LANDS END, CORNWALL.   I went to Lands End with painting buddy Jane Cawson, to join in the Mass World Record Landscape painting attempt. Over a thousand people were taking part. It was organised by artist Anthony Garrett, the Newly School of Art and the National Trust and we had a spot somewhere between Lands End and Sennen beach.      See https://www.artforgood.co.uk/  for details and my blog for what I painted.
JUST Finished:  CLEVEDON ARTS 63RD OPEN EXHIBITION  17TH - 23RD AUGUST 2019 : 10.30-6 AND SUNDAY 2- 6PM.
I am exhibiting one oil : Skeleton Barn, Oxshott

CLIFTON ARTS CLUB 110TH ANNUAL OPEN SUMMER EXHIBITION,   From  3 RD - 18TH  AUGUST 2019,  DAILY 11.30-17.30 . 
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These are 4 of the 5 oil paintings I am exhibiting at the Clifton Arts Club 110th Open Exhibition. From 3-18th August, The Undercroft, Victoria Methodist Church, 1 Whiteladies Road, Bristol . From left to right : Tide Out Severn Beach 2018, Summerhouse with sunflowers 2018, MacArthurs Warehouse Bristol Docks 2016, and Mini Garden at Holt Farm 2018.
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Your annual chance to see lots of my recent paintings on the BS9 Art trail
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This year I exhibited at Stoke Lodge, Shirehampton Road, Bristol BS9 1BN.  Eleven other artists too.  Find the trail map here  http://www.bs9arts.co.uk/map-2019/4594538376
This is the B4054. It is on the No 4 bus route. Plenty of parking if you are driving plus a childrens playground and café .
 That's the 2019 BS9 ART TRAIL. On Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June  11 to 5 . Room 1.


Coincidently 8th/9th June was the Sea Mills centenary weekend so I included several Sea Mills landscapes in my display. You can follow their trail  http://seamills100.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Seamills100-Map-ONLY.pdf  and their events http://seamills100.co.uk/


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Get the train to Sea mills station and walk along Sea Mills Lane to Shirehampton Road. GO right and Stoke Lodge is 100 yards up the road.
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Sea Mills Lane goes under the Portway Bridge . This 1930's public toilet was replaced by an Eco Home .
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 Very sorry to see Notre Dame burning down on Monday and glad the external structure is still standing.. I have a quick sketch I did from the front, when visiting Paris in 2015. It was Easter Sunday, the 5th April 2015 with Easter crowds queueing to enter. I didn't have time to go inside.


PictureAt Rest, Wick Quarry. Carolyn Lamb 2017 Oil.

 Just Finished : From 13th August 2018 -10 Nov 2018
: I had 3 oils on show at Savilles, The Mall, Clifton , Bristol.  They are, Boat at Wick Quarry, Chestnuts on th Portway and From Priests Cove to Landsend.

PictureHotwell Cherry. Carolyn Lamb 2018. Oil
   Pink Path. Pine tree at Rock House, Elberton and this oil of the cherry in the garden of the Holy Trinity Church, Hotwells, Bristol are 3 oils  I exhibited at the recent Clifton Arts Club 109th Open Exhibition. 4th - 19th August 2018 at the Victoria Methodist Church, Whiteladies Road, Bristol (next to the RWA).







PictureJust set up my space at the Scout Hut

BS9 ART TRAIL JUST GONE  :  9th & 10th JUNE 2018  I was exhibiting again on the  BS9 ART TRAIL at the SCOUT HUT,  Between 15 and 17 Kewstoke Road, Stoke Bishop, Bristol, BS9. This is just round the corner from the Stoke Bishop Village Hall .   www.bs9arts.co.uk/carolyn-lamb/4591433447.
Just closed:  March 2018 . I exhibited 2 paintings in the 'Views of the West' exhibition at the Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor centre :  They are both oils. Winter Mistiness, Cheddar Gorge and Gateway to the West - Severn Lodge farm and the second Severn crossing.    
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Winter Cheddar Gorge. Carolyn Lamb, Oil. It is exactly a year since I painted this.
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Thanks to Stuart Nurse for the use of his Art posts . Merry Christmas
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My two paintings in the Clifton Arts Winter exhibition 2017. Hommage to Anne Redpath, in oil and a watercolour of Landsend from Cape Cornwall 2016.
 CLEVEDON ARTS CLUB 61st Annual Exhibition 2017.  Last Day August Bank holiday Monday 10.30-5pm.   I had two paintings on show here - both of ponds.  They were Reflection Pool , Holt Farm and  Ready to Dive,The Pool , Serridge House , Coalpit Heath.
PictureUp Cheddar Gorge from Landslip Quarry. Carolyn Lamb. Oil. 2015. 12x12".
JUST FINISHED at Caffee Clifton , St Pauls Rd, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1LX: 1st March -  30 Sept 2017  8-6 Mon-Sat, 10-6 Sun
My exhibition of eight of my paintings of the dramatic cliffs of Cheddar Gorge has just finished.  But you can still visit this limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, which  is only 30 miles from Bristol and a favourite painting spot of mine.


Just Gone: July 4th -31st 2017:  6 paintings on show at the Clifton Club, The Mall, Bristol.
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My pictures at the 2017 BS9 Art Trail . Mainly oils except for the big watercolour of Lands End on the right, which was a study for the oil painting far left.
  YOU HAVE NOW MISSED THE BS9 ART TRAIL WEEKEND :  JUNE 10th - June 11th 2017 . But you can see who exhibited  by checking out the website BS9 Art Trail .  Lots of great art by a variety of painters, printmakers, sculptors, ceramicists, enamelists, jewelry makers and of course tea and cakes for the Dementia charity.  
You missed me on the BS9 Art trail 2016 but you can still 
catch my video interview here.   or      on Youtube 
 FINISHED :  BATH SOCIETY OF ARTISTS OPEN EXHIBITION 20TH MAY- 15TH JULY 2017. My oil painting of Toadstools,  Grove House, Frenchay was on show at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath.
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Toadstools, Grove House Frenchay. Carolyn Lamb. 2015. Oil. 8"x 8".
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Shortlisting pictures to show on the BS9 Art trail 2017.
JUST GONE : at Steak of the Arts, Cathedral Walk , Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5LW.  24th April 2017 to 3rd June 2017. Daily 11am -11pm.   I exhibited 2 oils in the Clifton Arts Club exhibition:  Chapel Point, Mevagissy and Stokesheath Farm barn.
PictureChestnut on the Portway . Carolyn Lamb 2016. Oil on canvas. 25x25cm
 Recently on show at Savilles ,Clifton Village, Autumn 2018, this was originally exhibited from  25th March - 2nd April 2017  at Bristol Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre, Leigh Woods in the 'Inspired by Bristol '.Exhibition .
I exhibited 'Chestnut on the Portway, Avon Gorge, Bristol' at this Clifton Arts Club Members only exhibition.   The A4 Portway  runs through the Avon Gorge and under Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge, which you see in the distance in my painting. You can also see it on the BS9 Art trail in June 10th/11th.



 For the last 6 years I have exhibited on the BS9 Art trail.  catch my video interview here.   or      on Youtube   First weekend in June.
PictureFrom Priests Cove, Cape Cornwall to Lands End. Carolyn Lamb. July 2016. Oil on canvas 50 x 100 cm
 This oil painting is currently on display at Savilles Estate Agents, Clifton Village ,Bristol 
Painted in July 2016
 at Brisons Veor Residential Artist's Studio, Cape Cornwall.  My project there was to get BIGGER. See Brisons work  at 
 http://brisonsveor.org.uk/carolyn-lamb/ and more on how it developed in my blog. (You will need to click on the 'previous' button at the bottom of my blog page ).

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