Carole Rafferty
Carole Rafferty is a contemporary California landscape painter who specializes in urban and architectural scenes. Her paintings portray her emotional response to the complex energy of city life. Through bold line and brush strokes and a vivid interplay of light and shadow, Rafferty’s paintings exhibit the vibrancy of the urban experience.
Rafferty graduated from London University and then moved to California where she studied at UC Berkeley and received an M.A. She attended the Academy of Art in London and has had group shows in both the U.S. and the UK. She has won many awards for her work which is in private collections across the U.S. and Europe.
“The complexity of rendering a city is a constant inspiration, especially San Francisco where the light routinely changes- often within the space of a few seconds- from bright and vibrant colors to a spectrum of ethereal grays. These fleeting moments make the mood and atmosphere of San Francisco unmistakable and also a great artistic challenge.”
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SF Chinatown, 2023
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San Mateo County, Near Pigeon Point, 2023 Sold
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Stow Lake, San Francisco, 2022
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Stow Lake 2, 2022
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Coastal Pines, Santa Cruz, 2022
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SF Shipyard, 2022
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Church St., SF, 2022
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Haight-Ashbury, Page & Masonic, 2022
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Bernal Heights in Winter, 2022
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Ripley St., Bernal Heights, 2022
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Bay Bridge #19 Jackson & Taylor
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Springtime in California #3, 2022
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Springtime in California #4, 2022
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Pigeon Point Lighthouse, 2021
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Coming & Going, 2021
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Presidio 3
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Alcatraz 4
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Bay Bridge #21
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George's Market, Mission
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Golden Gate From Crissy Field
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Land and Sea, California Coast #7
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Pacific Coast at Montara
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Palm Tree on Russian Hill
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Under Doyle Drive
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Under the Bay Bridge
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Holiday Open House
December 2 - 16, 2023Burlingame, CA - As the holiday season unfolds, Studio Shop Gallery is thrilled to announce its much-anticipated Holiday Open House, a celebration of art, community, and seasonal cheer. The event...Read more -
Emerging Spring
Group Show March 10 - 31, 2021The Emerging Spring Group Show celebrates renewal and the signs of life gradually reappearing in both nature and society. Spring rains still fill the air, flowers and trees are blooming,...Read more -
Re-Emergent
May 1 - August 31, 2020Other pieces in the exhibition include figurative works by artists Melinda Cootsona, Seaglass and Zoey Frank, Peter Reading. Both depict characters in moments of repose and reflection, yet the paintings...Read more -
City & Sea
Carole Rafferty March 16 - April 1, 2019Carole Rafferty is a contemporary California painter who specializes in urban architectural scenes and seascapes. Her paintings portray her emotional response to the complex energy of life. Through bold line...Read more
EDUCATION
London University
UC Berkeley, M.A.
The Academy of Art London
EXHIBITIONS
2021
Eight Takes: California Impressionism Group Show, Firehouse Art Center, Pleasanton, CA
Joy For the Walls, Group Show, The Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA
Welcome to California, Group Show, Online
Treasures from the Bay Area, Group Show, Online.
2019
City and Sea, Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2018
107th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, California Art Club, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA
Art Between the Lines, Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA
City Lights, California Art Club, Altadena, CA
2017
Best Buildings, 7th Annual PleinAir Salon
First Prize Overall, 7th Annual PleinAir Salon
Third Prize Overall, 7th Annual PleinAir Salon
Grand Prize Winner: The Art List, Artist of the Month
Home, Whitney Modern, Los Gatos, CA
National Oil & Acrylics Painters’ Society (NOAPS), Spring International Online Exhibition.
2016
Engaged, Studio Shop Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2011
Northern California Light: Group Show of the California Art Club, Thomas Reynolds Gallery, San Francisco, CA
12th Annual National Exhibition, American Impressionist Society Mountainsong Gallery, Carmel, CA
2010
Treasures of the East Bay: Paintings by Local Artists, A Centennial Exhibition of the California Art Club, Oakland, CA
2010
Plein Air Festival, San Luis Obispo, CA
AWARDS
2016
Boldbrush Painting Competition, Best of show
2011
Boldbrush Painting Competition: Oct., Sept., Aug. FAV 15%
First Place: Los Gatos Art Association Members Juried Show, CA
National Finalist: Ist Plein Air Magazine Salon, May/June
Second place: Pacific Art League Scapes, Juried Show, Palo Alto, CA
2010
Best in Show: Los Gatos Plein Air, CA
2009
First Place, Los Gatos Art Association Annual Open Juried Show, CA
First Place, Menlo College Plein Air Paintout, CA
The Frank Bette Award, Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout
Second Place, Small Works Exhibition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
Honorable Mention, Quick Draw Event, Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout
2008
Best in Show, Society of Western Artists, 58th Annual Exhibition
The Richeson 75: Figure/Portrait Competition, Kimberly, WI
Artist’s Choice Award, Honorable Mention Jewel by the Bay Quick Draw Award
Merit Award, 3rd Annual Frank Bette Plein Air Paint out, Alameda, CA
COLLECTIONS
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Palo Alto, CA