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JOHN CARROLL DOYLE, Charleston Artist and renown American Impressionist

John Carroll Doyle was born in Charleston, South Carolina on December 22, 1942 to Harry and Frances Bates Doyle.

He is nationally known for his energetic, light filled paintings of subjects as diverse as blues musicians, blue marlins and blue hydrangeas. The artist got his start with his distinctive sportfishing paintings which began to grace the covers of many popular sportfishing magazines. He continued to make a name for himself throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s with his now famous, commissioned, large scale paintings that can be seen on the walls of many of Charleston’s beloved restaurants and resorts, as well as clubs and restaurants as far afield as Chicago, Illinois and Alexandria, Virginia.

Over the course of his near four decade long career, Doyle has become a seasoned, American Impressionist whose muse has always been Charleston and the surrounding lowcountry. From wildlife to still life, John Carroll Doyle paints with a passion and understanding that makes it hard to believe he is a self taught artist.

Doyle claims as his "teachers" the wooden boats at the Charleston Yacht Basin, lavender shadows on Charleston stucco, and the coastal sunlight that floods his city year-round. The artist completed an autobiography entitled John Carroll Doyle: Portrait of a Charleston Artist, which is lavishly illustrated with color reproductions of the artist's work and vintage black and white photographs of Charleston from the 1940’s and 1950’s. The book tells not only the story of Doyle's development as an artist, but also the transformation of Charleston from a sleepy town into a bustling tourist destination. The first and second editions of this treasure are sold out.

John Carroll Doyle is most famous for his career as an oil painter but is also a world class photographer which he established in his two self published photography books, FEMININITY, copyright 2002 and I SEE LONDON, I SEE FRANCE, copyright 2006. The artist is still living and working in his historic hometown where the John Carroll Doyle Art Gallery also resides at 125 Church Street in the heart of the French Quarter, a downtown Charleston neighborhood known as a hub for visual and culinary art.

Doyle’s artwork has been captured during the filming of movies in both Charleston and Chicago. Doyle’s African American Blues Musician portraiture collection which decorates the walls of famous Chicago Blues club, BLUE CHICAGO was featured recently on the Travel Channel. John Doyle and his work have also been and continue to be featured in many publications such as Charleston Magazine and American Art Collector.

Multiple classic Doyle images such as BLACK SHRIMPERS, copyright 1988 and MOTHER AND CHILD, copyright 2003 have been featured in Pat Branning’s CAROLINA COOKING, a popular food column in the BEAUFORT TRIBUNE.

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