Adam Caplin
Testimonials
Exhibitions
My first one man show in 1999 in Stoke Newington was a great success, selling almost all of the paintings. This was followed by well-received shows in South Kensington, and two successful one man shows at Highgate Fine Art and a group show at Bettina Fine Art . I have exhibited and sold work at two charity CHASE exhibitions at the Royal College of Art. and have clients in New York, San Francisco and Vancouver.
When my father died in 2003, I stopped exhibiting, the emotions seemed too raw and personal to exhibit. Instead I was experimenting, getting frustrated, being upset, over-joyed, over-confident, and even terrified.
A good time to paint, a bad time to show. I now feel happy to get the paintings out there, into the daylight.
In May 2017 I had a one man show at the Highbury Arts Club. it was a great success, see the write up below.
‘The mystery of art is that it can enrich our mood and touch us with a heightened sense of aesthetic awareness. I think Adam’s painting do just that.’
Martin Village, art collector and Capital Prints.
Michael Kauffmann, Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, was impressed enough to buy a painting, and one of the proudest moments of my life was to see a small Adam Caplin hanging in his house.
‘This exhibition is both exciting and stimulating, since one is sharing the artist’s enjoyment of each new creation’. Noel Oddy, Curator of exhibitions, gallery owner writing about my one man show at Highgate Fine Art
‘Heartfelt and beautiful works’. Anthony Eyton RA artist.
The art critic of Berliner Zeitung and Frankfurter Rundschau became very supportive, and pushed me to exhibit more, at a time I was just not ready to.
‘I am so pleased with your painting, it makes me smile every time I look at it! I
cannot explain what it means to me, I just find it fascinating.’ Recent buyer.
I went to see Adam’s paintings and did not really understand them. I asked him to explain them, and he said it’s not important to understand them. You either respond to them or you don’t. There were several that were fascinating. I went back to make sure this wasn’t just alcohol speaking and it wasn’t. I saw landscapes, water, fire and passion, and they are now hanging on my wall. From a new collector.
May 2017 Exhibition, Highbury Arts Club
The Highbury Arts Club was delighted to exhibit Paintings by local artist Adam Caplin through May and June. The opening was a huge success, and Adam sold over half the paintings shown.
From Simon Moore, owner of The Highbury Arts Club;
From Simon Moore, owner of The Highbury Arts Club;
‘I visited Adam’s studio not really knowing his work. He showed me a few small pieces which were interesting, but didn't really fit with what I wanted to exhibit at the HIGHBURY ARTS CLUB. I enquired rather anxiously whether there was anything else.
He led me into a back room and there stacked up against each other were 6 or 7 large canvases. As I pulled each one away from the other my spirit lifted as I knew here was my exhibition, each piece had its own intensity and such a varied colour palette. We laid them all out and the selection was over in a few minutes.
Looking at the pieces on the wall has been a great experience. They all have very different emotional landscapes that draw me in and at times I get lost in them. They are emotional at the same time serene and contemplative. The oils are layered, worked on, well worth studying and then to draw back and see the total compositions that can be looked at for long periods of time without summation. Not many works of art have moved me as much. A wonderful exhibition. Welcome Back Adam’.
