Sacred Icons hand painted and gilded on wood.
Having trained at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art in Washington DC and attending master classes at the Slade School of Art in London, Caroline has painted and exhibited all her life. Covering mostly Middle Eastern subjects, she has exhibited at The Royal Academy, Rafael Valls Ltd, The Mathaf Gallery, Indar Pasricha Fine Arts and many other galleries. There was a book commissioned by Airlife Publishing Ltd; 'Caroline Lees Watercolours of Shropshire'. There was a commissions from the FO for a presentation to HRH The Prince of Wales: a commission from St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, and many others: and work is in the collections of The Sultanate of Oman: The National Trust: The Ritz Hotel: Adam & Co Bank: Mr & Mrs. Michael Portillo, Mr & Mrs Howard Flight and Stephen Layton, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the City of London Sinfonia.
She became interested in icon painting in 2002. Studying under Aidan Hart, Tatiana Kolibaba of St Petersburg, Russia, and Father Iakovus of Mount Athos with follow up tuition at The Holy Trinity Monastery, Sergiev Posad outside Moscow.
In 2004 she was commissioned to paint 14 Stations of the Resurrection for the publication WAY TO LIFE published by Redemptorist Publications in 2006 and Liguori Publications in the USA in 2007. She has exhibited with BADA, in St. Cuthbert's Centre Holy Island, and with the British Association of Iconographers.
She will also take commissions for watercolour interiors.