ABOUT THE ARTIST

 

Artist, art tutor, graphic designer & fine art photographer

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Doranne Alden Caruana (b.1963 - )

is a professional artist, art tutor, graphic designer and fine art photographer whose medium of choice is watercolour. She has worked in the Arts for over 4 decades and is now residing in Malta.

She is the daughter of well known Maltese watercolorist, Albert J. Caruana.

After studying at the Malta Government school of art at the Polytechnic in Msida, she started her career in the art world at the age of 18 as a junior Graphic Designer and went on to work as a graphic designer and later senior designer for over 15 years. Between 1989 and 1994 she ran her own advertising agency along with her partner.

Doranne then went on to teaching art while living for several years in Germany. (1995 to 2002) She also exhibited her work there extensively.

 

She says of her art: “I am still as passionate about my painting as when I first I started attending art school at the age of 14. My work is vibrant and bold and I like to think that it is a reflection of my personality and philosophy on life. I firmly believe that, as Matisse once said, 'There are always flowers for those who want to see them.' While her main subject is still life, Doranne often paints Plein Air or off photographs which she has taken herself. “My work is a culmination of all my artistic skills – my graphic design experience helps with my choice of composition and colour, my photography is used as my sketchbook, and my art tutoring as a constant development of my artistic knowledge and painting skills. I believe that you should never stop learning and that if you do stop your work will stagnate and die.”

 

Over the years both foreign and local media have greeted Doranne Alden’s work with positive acclaim – her work has been referred to as ‘little jewels of art’ by the German newspaper the ‘Ammersee Kurier’; while in Malta, Marika Azzopardi coined the epithet ‘warmth and mouth-watering mellowness’ for her fruit (pears) in the ‘Weekender’ the culture section of ‘The Times’ a Maltese newspaper.

 

Doranne’s paintings form part of several private collections in Malta and overseas.

 

She is represented internationally by Asgard Art Gallery in London, Art 2 Art Gallery in UK and also

The Harn Gallery in Hong Kong.

She has also been published in the prestigious publication by APS Bank, Malta entitled '2 Generations of Maltese Artist Families'. 

Her work has been also been published in the international art magazines - The Artist Magazine, The Leisure Painter (article) and also in the Artsit and Illustrator.

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PAINTING HOLIDAYS AND COURSES WITH DORANNE ALDEN CARUANA 

To join me on my Gozo Painting Holidays in October/November or March/April, please contact me by email dorawatercolourist@icloud.com or visit my holiday site -

https://doralden.wixsite.com/painting-holiday

For enquiries and more information about my paintings you can email me on - dorart@hotmail.com

 

 

MEDIA LINKS

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Doranne Alden Caruana is represented by Asgard Arts Ltd in Uk and by Harn Gallery Hong Kong. http://www.asgard-arts.com and http://www.harngallery.com "Harngallery.com - Modern art for sale"

You can follow me onhttps://www.instagram.com/doraldenwatercolourist/

or http://saatchionline.com/dorannealden.

Email:dorart@hotmail.com / dorawatercolourist@icloud.com 

https://www.facebook.com/DoranneAldenCaruana​

http://doranne-alden.artistwebsites.com/news.html

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/doranne-alden?tab=press

https://www.youtube.com/c/DoranneAlden