Sophie Charalambous, Artist
Trinity Green Almshouses, Mile End
You only have until this Sunday 8th March to catch Sophie Charalambous‘ exhibition at Jessica Carlisle Gallery. I was captivated by the soulful melancholy beauty of Sophie’s paintings of London from the moment I saw them, so Contributing Photographer Sarah Ainslie & I went over to visit her yesterday at her studio in London Fields where she has been working in an old garment factory for the past fifteen years. While her faithful hound who sneaks his way into many of the paintings dozed on the sofa, Sophie showed us her sketchbooks and I recognised a kindred spirit in Sophie’s love of the Thames – a romance nurtured by regular visits to the foreshore at Wapping and finding expression in magnificent moody paintings.
House by the Thames at Bankside
Drovers in London Fields
Sophie Charalambous
Life, Still, Winter
Pageant
Wapping Pierhead
On the Beach at Wapping Pierhead
Sketch for Wapping Pierhead, with raindrops
Warehouses in Wapping
Sketch for Trinity Green Almshouses, Whitechapel
Sophie Charalambous in her studio in London Fields
Paintings copyright © Sophie Charalambous
Photographs copyright © Sarah Ainslie
Sophie Charalambous’ exhibition is at Jessica Carlisle Gallery, 83 Kinnerton St, SW1X 8ED, until Sunday 8th March at 6pm
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Those are gorgeous paintings! Great paintings! Such a nice combination of landscape and portraits all rolled into one .
Very poetical and lyrical paintings evoking the melancholy of times past, a world of which only fragments remain.
I also admire the technical competence, the composition and the tonality. This is an artist of whom I was not aware and whose work I shall explore further.
Just wonderful. I did’t know of Ms. Charalambous’ work, thank you for the introduction. (Wish I could make it over for the exhibition!)
Lovely
What a talented artist, a true heir to Ravilious, Bawden, et al.
Lovely to see this local art and gentle posting. Hope arm in recovery.
Beauriful. Such atmosphere…
On the beach at Wapping Pierhead. Perfect. What more can one say.
Wonderful paintings from Sophie, love how she paints, very atmospheric. Valerie
really enjoyed these unusual works.
Wonderful paintings. What a treat!
How lovely!The colours used are wonderful!
Beautiful work, I love them!
I love your unique atmospheric style.
Completely magical! Each one a world you could loose yourself in.
Thank you for showing these beautiful works.
And thank you for this site. It is my favorite site on the whole web. I am sure I’m not alone in this feeling, and it was about time i said so. I do hope your arm is healing. Thank you for your hard work, TGA.
I love these paintings – especially Life, Still, Winter. So talented and so unusual. Thank you for bringing her work to a wider audience.
Her paintings are lovely. I would like to have every one! Thank you.
Sophie Charalambous is a really talented artist! Her paintings are beautiful and special.
Lovely work.
I like your work a lot