Ella Carty
To nurture a sense of curiosity and playfulness is what I am most interested in, both for myself and for my students. Learning through processes of experimentation, trying out new things, we can look at our own sense of who we are and how we interact with the world. We can also see making art as complete escapism that brings us joy and a great sense of fulfilment.
Ella Carty is a painter who investigates her own experiences of the world. Her paintings incorporate a love of colour and pattern, absorbing and interpreting her surroundings, she treads a fine line between representation and abstraction with the aim of sparking the viewer’s curiosity.
Ella studied BA Fine Art: Painting at Cheltenham College of Art (1990 – 94) and is a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists. She has a studio at Art Centre Penryn in Cornwall where she lives. Ella exhibits her paintings nationally and internationally and is currently represented by Morgans in Falmouth and Gala Fine Art in Bristol.
See more work at www.ellacarty.com
Courses with Ella Carty
Exploring Colour with Acrylic Inks
Art Courses - Ink - Still Life
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Course ID: a00Nz00000c96LH
Active Instance: a02Nz00000QqdfrIAB, 30-Mar-2026
Explore the fluid, vibrant world of acrylic inks in this hands-on course designed to help build confidence in using colour in a more expressive way.
Exploring Colour with Acrylic Inks
Art Courses - Ink - Still Life
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Course ID: a00Nz00000c96LH
Active Instance: a02Nz00000QqhujIAB, 19-Oct-2026
Explore the fluid, vibrant world of acrylic inks in this hands-on course designed to help build confidence in using colour in a more expressive way.