Thérèse Oulton (born 1953) is an

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. She is known for her abstract paintings of rocky landscapes. Oulton has held solo shows at Gimpel Fils Gallery and

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, and has been nominated for the

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Biography

Oulton was born in

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in 1953 to an Irish Catholic family, her father was in the

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. Growing up, Oulton learned the violin, and believes that if she had been born in London, she would have been a professional musician. She was raised in a convent and was religious as a child, however she broke from her religious background as an adult. Inspired by the works of

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and

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, Oulton studied at

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in the late 1970s before going on to the

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for three years and graduating in 1983. Oulton's first solo show was the following year, in Gimpel Fils Gallery, which was "highly praised" before becoming an artist-in-residence in

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. She lived in Vienna for a year, before settling in London, where she still produces her works. In 1987, Oulton was nominated for the

. She is represented by the

, where she performed another solo show in 1990.

Work

Oulton's work is abstract. Her early work often resembles rocky landscapes. Her later works are often executed in a thick

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. A number of Oulton's later works use multiple repeated images, often with slight variations between the repetitions. Her works fetch between $60 and $13,750 US Dollars at auction.

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