Hampton, Richmond Upon Thames, United Kingdom
Doina’s background is architecture by profession but the representation through drawing and painting...
About the artist
Joined In 2020
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About the artist
Joined In 2020
(2 Followers)
Doina’s background is architecture by profession but the representation through drawing and painting was explored and studied from a very early age, manipulating the artistic language directly within her architectural presentations.
Inspired by her new location around Hampton Court, London, surrounded by powerfully inspiring settings, she resumed experimenting with her oil painting studies from 2016. By taking further Master Classes, exploring the landscape en plein air in her local area by the river Thames, Richmond and Bushy Parks or during her various travels abroad, depicting the defining sense of a place, exploring figurative art and portraiture in her neo-impressionist style, veering into abstract, introducing elements from classical composition in her landscapes to create focus, painting is a continuous process of invention and mastery.
Doina explores capturing and encapsulating the transience of a moment, in sumptuous brush strokes, using oil colours. The artworks emanate a sense of Now, in the Present, while playing on memory with the feel of the Old Masters decanted through the layering of time, capturing the essence of the moment. She is portraying the illusion of movement through time and space, extracting the sublim...
1988-1989 Architectural Association, School of Architecture, London
1989-1990 Westminster University, London
1982-1985 “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urban Design, Bucharest, Romania
2013 RIBA Conservation Course in Architecture
2014 Sotheby’s Institute of Art- Art and finance in a Global market, London
2016-2019 Lara atelier of representational art, London – Master classes
October 2020 - Orleans House, Richmond, London
July 2020 Landmark Art Centre, Teddington, London
June 2020 Online exhibitions: “Arts Richmond” and “Save Landmark campaign”, London
June 2020 Richmond open house studio – cancelled due to Covid-19
April 2020 Landmark Art Centre – Twickenham art club - cancelled due to Covid-19
February 2020 Galeria U Art– CCERPA – Group exhibition, Bucharest, Romania
December 2019 Cornelius Restaurant – Group exhibition - London
December 2019 Leigh Gallery Hampton – Winter Salon - London
November 2019 ICR – create art context for the Romanian Tourism – London
October 2019 Momart Hanul cu Tei gallery – permanent display
October 2019 Sutu Palace, Museum of Bucharest Municipality, Romania
July 2019 Ivan Pescar Restaurant – solo capsule exhibition - Bucharest, Romania
July 2019 RA Salon Des Refuses 2019, Margate UK
June 2019 Richmond Art Open Studio, Group exhibition, Leigh Gallery, London
April 2019 Landmark Art Centre, TAC annual group exhibition, London
March 2019 Leigh Gallery Hampton –Spring Salon - London
Dec 2018 Salon Brancusi, Parliament Palace Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania
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