Sophie Coryndon (British, born )

Timeline

1975
Born in Taunton
1993–1994
Educated at Swindon College of Art
1994–1997
BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Cardiff Art College
Sophie learnt the art of gilding working as an apprentice in the family furniture design business in Wiltshire. She then became a specialist painter and artist achieving great success working to commission. Sophie lives in Sussex with her husband and baby daughter and concentrates solely on her paintings.
Since leaving Art College Sophie’s work has varied enormously. Three months were spent restoring hand painted 18th Century Chinese wallpaper and two months working on a film set recreating the Charleston interiors of the Bloomsbury group. Along side this work Sophie was undertaking a number of commissions for sculpture and paintings for private clients. During this time the opportunity arose for her to paint a pair of twelve-foot high shutters applying the paint as she would to canvas. The Tulips that she painted enveloped the panelling, falling and leading the eye over the sides, yet pulled back by the magnificent use of colour. It was from this that Sophie developed the ideas for a series of flower paintings, tapping in to her desire to take a bolder more flamboyant approach to botanical subject matter. By playing around with the colour and scale the images began to go beyond the frame. The flowers started to take on a different form becoming less flower-like more dramatic, whilst retaining the decorative appeal of conventional botanical paintings.

Exhibitions

2005
Art London, Chelsea, London
2004
Art London, Chelsea, London
2000–2003
Exhibited at the Olympia Fine Art & Antiques Fair, London
2002
Solo exhibition at Nina Campbell’s Bridge Studios (Botanica Julibee)
2000
Five paintings commissioned by Marco Pierre White for the Belvedere Restaurant, Holland Park, London
2000
Two large paintings commissioned by Nina Campbell Ltd for the Villa Nova Hotel, Barbados
1999
Large mural on shutters for Hannah Rothschild
1999
Exhibition at the Elaine Somers Gallery, Holywood, Ireland
1998
Six paintings for Luton Airport
1997
Member of the art direction team on the British feature film ‘Milk’, recreating the interiors of Charleston House, West Sussex
1996
Member of ‘Drawings’ ’96, Cardiff
1996
Two paintings for the London School of Accountancy
1996
Sculpture for the grounds of Rainscombe House for Robert Hiscox
1995
Six painted coats of arms for the singer, Joe Cocker
English (US)

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