Caroline Fulton

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Last month was the opening of my first solo show in Morocco, 'ENDANGERED ANIMALS OF MOROCCO', held at Dar Souri in Essaouira, please view their website at www.association-essaouiramogador.org/.  The exhibition included drawings and watercolours of the Barbary Macaques from the Cedar Forests in the North of Morocco as well as a series of larger paintings in acrylic and silver leaf showing the wildlife of the Saharan Desert.  

We had a great reception at the private view and 2M, the national Moroccan television channel, broadcast a review of the exhibition in the cultural high-lights feature of their evening news programme, I hope to be able to post this video in the blog section of my website shortly so please check back soon to watch the interview.

Mokrane Bouzid an internationally renowned painter from Algeria and Houssein Miloudi, Morocco's most revered artist were among those that attended the opening, here is a picture of Houssein Miloudi standing with me in front of 'Spur-Thighed Tortoise with Tuareg Patterns'.  

Petit Art Petit, a local art workshop brought two groups of children to visit the exhbition, they had a great time learning about the animals and making drawings of their favourite paintings.  Essaouira is a small town with a big artistic community and I hope that the children will continue to be inspired by their country's wildlfe and grow up to value the importance of their natural heritage.  Please click on the blog post preceding this post to view a selection of the drawings made by the children during the exhibition.

Following the show at Dar Souiri the paintings were next displayed during the annual Atlantic Andalusia Festival, by kind invitation of the Moroccan artist and journalist, Claude Senouf, together with a private viewing of the new feature length film 'The 5th String' by Casablanca artist and film-maker, Selma Bargach.  The photo below shows Mr Andre Azoulay, senior advisor to H.M. Mohammed VI and his wife standing with me in front of 'Saharan Cheetah with Tuareg Patterns'. 



It has been a great experience organising my first exhibitions in Morocco and I will now continue to work on new paintings about the wildlife inhabiting the northern forests to be shown in a collaborative exhibition, AGHANSE - NATURE & CULTURE, INTERNATIONAL FOREST FESTIVAL in Rabat, in March 2012 as well as for my next solo show in Fez, during the WORLD SACRED MUSIC FESTIVAL, June 2012.  I will update my website with more news on these event as the projects unfold!

Many of the new paintings and watercolours can be viewed in the Gallery section of my website.  Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like information on prices, if you would like to see further examples of my paintings or if you have any other questions regarding the work.

Many thanks for your continued support and interest!

Caroline