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Nina Carroll (1932-1990)
Paintings by Nina Carroll can be found hanging on many private house walls in Northamptonshire.

A Kettering and Oxford artist, Nina painted daily for many years, producing a large output of watercolour and gouache works. Her distinctive use of colour, especially greens, with her drawing always done in pen and black ink, produced an additional interest to her paintings which grows on the observer.

She held many exhibitions in Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and London and several in other parts of the country and even abroad; she exhibited work at the Royal Academy, New English Art Club, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the Royal Institute of Water Colours and the Royal West of England Academy. While a large proportion of her work consists of vibrant landscape watercolours, she also painted a wide variety of other subjects, her creative imagination inspired by the world around her.

Private Collection, Kettering, UK

This bucolic scene is typical of the work of Sir Alfred East . This watercolour measures 13 x 21 cms., and probably depicts a scene from the countryside around Upper Sywell, Northamptonshire, where he spent many months during his life.

Purchased at auction in Stamford, it is still in its original frame which bears the label of the iconic ‘Speight’ company in Kettering.

Private Collection, Kettering, UK.

Throughout his life he regularly painted in and around the villages of Kettering, often with his friend George Harrison. This watercolour painting entitled ‘Sunday Walk’ is a view of the avenue of trees at Warkton that leads to Boughton House. This was a very popular Victorian walk for local residents. The painting probably dates from early in his career.

Private Collection, Kettering, UK.