Fresh Paint
Caroline Walker
Janet, a new book and exhibition by Caroline Walker, feels like a breakthrough, a distillation of themes and ideas that have been swirling around on her palette for many years. The Scottish artist’s paintings previously featured female protagonists in private settings, often framed in a similarly voyeuristic and almost cinematic way, but this series feels different as she turns her attention closer to home. Janet focuses on the artist’s mother as she completes mundane daily chores, dusting picture frames or ironing tea towels.
Scenes of domesticity have become more commonplace subjects this year for obvious reasons, yet began in 2018 after Caroline had been completing another series of paintings about housekeeping staff in
