Summer 2016 b
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Caro SaintVire grew up<br />
in a family of artists. Her<br />
mother is a portrait painter<br />
with clients all around<br />
the globe, her grandfather<br />
was a painter and<br />
sculptor. Caro is an artist<br />
in her own right.<br />
I caught up with Caro to<br />
find out a little more about<br />
the lady behind the paintings...and<br />
of course a slice<br />
of cake!<br />
Sarah: You come from a family<br />
of artists, what was it like growing<br />
up surrounded by art?<br />
Caro: Well, of course, I thought it was<br />
perfectly normal to grow up in a studio<br />
with a mother painting at her easel,<br />
stretching canvases and having<br />
portrait clients in for sittings. I was<br />
dressed up often, holding flowers,<br />
cuddling kittens, looking a bit wistful,<br />
to model for the prints and cards<br />
that she did as well as her portrait<br />
career … the other day I came across<br />
some of those old photographs - all<br />
shot in black and white… so 1970’s!<br />
One of our favourite outings was to<br />
go to the National Gallery where my<br />
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