ABOUT CHARLOTTE

Trained at Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Art and Technology, and then The Royal Academy of Arts in London for Post-Graduate studies, Charlotte is a figurative artist living and working in Bath. Over the years she has had solo exhibitions with Messum’s in London, and Brian Sinfield Gallery in Burford as well as The Quest Gallery and the Victoria art Gallery, both in Bath. As a consequence of winning the Holburne Museum Portrait prize in 2012, she was commissioned to paint a portrait of the war photographer, Don McCullin for the Museum’s collection.

“At the heart of everything is drawing – the best means of exploring the nature of visual relationships with their underlying patterns and structures. I strive for strong compositional impact, yet also try to imbue the paintings with subtlety, nuance and atmosphere. Organised colour and tonal themes help to marry the subject matter, ranging from observed portraits, still lives and landscapes to more imaginative threads and ideas.”

COMMISSIONS

PRICE GUIDE

Oil Painting: From £8,000

Drawing: From £2,500

 

These approximate prices are for a single portrait, frame and travel expenses are not included. For groups and non-standard sizes please enquire.
I would require around 4 to 8 sittings for a painting, of about 2 to 4 hours with breaks. I work from drawings between sittings and usually only consider working from photographs that I have taken. I am willing to travel if necessary.

EXHIBITIONS

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS – 1996-2023

2025 – Panter and Hall, Pall Mall, ‘Untold Stories’, Joint Exhibition

2025 -1998 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition

2025 – ‘Inspiration,’ six person show at Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath

2025 – ‘Five Artists’, Brian Sinfield Gallery, Oxfordshire

2024 – Paul Scott Gallery, group show, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

2024 – The London Art Fair, with Panter and Hall, Pall Mall

2023 – Brian Sinfield Gallery, Oxfordshire – ‘In the Mind’s Eye’, Joint Exhibition

2023 – Victoria Art Gallery, Bath – ‘Capturing Life’- A Century of The New English Art Club,

2020-22 – Chris Beetles Gallery, London, NEAC Group Shows

2018 – Messums Wiltshire – ‘New Perspectives’,

2018, 2017, 2007, 2006 – ‘The Lynn Painters Stainers Prize’ Exhibition, London

2017- Brian Sinfield Gallery, Oxfordshire, Joint Exhibition

2017 – Ruth Bourchard Portrait Prize, Piano Nobile Gallery, London

2015 – Messum’s Toronto Art Fair

2015 – Holburne Museum, Bath – ‘The Observer Observed’, portraits alongside photographs by Don McCullin

2014 – Messum’s, Cork Street, London, Joint Exhibition

2013 – Victoria Art Gallery, Bath – Solo Exhibition,

2010, 2024 – ‘The Discerning Eye’ Mall Galleries, London

2012 – Messum’s, Cork Street, London – Solo Exhibition

2012 – ’Holburne Portrait Prize’ Prize Winner, Holburne Museum, Bath

2011 – ‘Pure Gold: 50 Years of the Federation of British Artists’, Mall Galleries, London

2010 – Quest Gallery, Bath – Solo Exhibition, ’Peering Under Stones’

2010 – Messum’s, Cork St, London – ‘The Magic and Poetry of Everyday Life’ – group exhibition

2010 – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, winner of Odin Prize

2010 – ‘Holburne Portrait Prize’, Holburne Museum, Bath

2008 – ‘Three Women Artists’, Petley Fine Art, Cork Street, London

2007 – New English Art Club – Awarded Membership Mall Galleries, London

2007-2005 – Drawing Exhibition and Summer Show, Petley Fine Art, Cork Street, London

2005 – Thackeray Gallery, Kensington, London

2005 – Six Chapel Row Gallery, Bath, Solo Show

2000 – Hunting Art Prize, Royal College of Art, London

1996 – B.P. Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London

1996 – Christies, London – ‘Reflections’, Spectator Magazine,

1995, 1994 – Waterman Fine Art Ltd, London, group shows

1993-1996 – Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London

1994 – ‘Making a Mark’, Drawing Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

AWARDS

2016 – Zsuzsi Roboz prize
2012 – Holburne Portrait Prize, Bath – with Commission to paint Don McCullin – War Photographer
2010 – Odin Prize, Royal West of England Academy
2009 – New English Art Club – Bill Patterson Memorial Prize
2008 – New English Art Club – Cecil Jospe Prize
1997 – The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers – awarded membership
1996 – Nat West 90’s Prize for Art – Prize winner
1995 – Richard Ford Travel Award to Madrid
1991 & 1993 – Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award
1993-95 Royal Academy of Arts Student ‘Premiums’, Prizes for good academic drawing, portrait painting and still life painting

Commission a portrait by Charlotte Sorapure RP

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