{"product_id":"caroline-gorick-shroud","title":"91. Caroline Gorick - Shroud","description":"\u003cp\u003e2025\u003cbr\u003eOil on board\u003cbr\u003e16 x 15 x 2 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaroline Gorick is a painter whose oil paintings explore light, stillness and the fragile presence of everyday objects. Her work frequently centres on intimate, luminous depictions of ordinary light sources — lamps, bulbs and domestic fixtures — rendered through loose, fluid brushwork that allows forms to hover on the edge of recognition. Suspended between presence and absence, clarity and uncertainty, the paintings transform familiar objects into contemplative, almost reverential images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Gorick, these subjects are not simply functional fixtures but still points within interiors that are otherwise constantly shifting. Light emerges not through direct depiction but through subtraction and exposure: she often leaves the lightest areas untouched or rubs away pigment to reveal the bright ground beneath. This pared-back process creates paintings that feel suspended in time, occupying a space where quiet interior moments become charged with emotional and psychological tension. Her work makes room for what feels unresolved, fragile, or only partially visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGorick studied for a Postgraduate Diploma at the Royal Academy Schools between 2005 and 2008, following a BA (Hons) in Fine Art and Visual Culture from the University of the West of England (2001–2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecent exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eAfter Hours\u003c\/em\u003e at Bridewell Studios and Gallery (2025); the John Moores Painting Prize, Liverpool; \u003cem\u003eRWA Biennial Open 2025: Paper Works\u003c\/em\u003e at the Royal West of England Academy; \u003cem\u003eWinter Haiku\u003c\/em\u003e at The Underground Stream Gallery; \u003cem\u003ePaper Cuts 3\u003c\/em\u003e at 50_MV; \u003cem\u003eSong to the Siren\u003c\/em\u003e at 36 Lime Street Gallery; and \u003cem\u003eDrawing (Paper) Show\u003c\/em\u003e at Bridewell Studios and Gallery. Earlier exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eNo Flower Ever Opened\u003c\/em\u003e at the Royal Academy of Arts Café Gallery (2009), \u003cem\u003eNocturnes\u003c\/em\u003e at Francis Kyle Gallery (2007), and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer awards include the Steiner Painting Award, the Chenevière Travel Award, the Richard Ford Travel Award, the Dover Arts Club Excellence in Drawing Award and the Edna Wise Figuration Prize. Between 2007 and 2010 she was supported by The Lady Sharon Walker Trust. Her work is held in the Mizuho Bank collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733089231222,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013639541110,"sku":null,"price":415.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987875242358,"sku":null,"price":425.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987875275126,"sku":null,"price":435.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork91.jpg?v=1776949516","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/caroline-gorick-shroud","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}