Surreal Coastal Art & Shell Portraits by Newcastle Artist Carmen Delprat
I paint the beauty that waits quietly.
My surreal oil paintings draw on shells, tides, seabirds and the Newcastle coastline to explore memory, transformation and our connection to place.
Available as one-of-a-kind originals and hand-signed limited editions.
Internationally collected. Studio based in Newcastle, Australia.
Featured in International & Australian Publications
Arts & Collections · House of Coco · ABODE2 · Tatler · Oracle Time · Vogue
Why do we Collect Shells?
A shell can be something we simply pick up from the beach.
But sometimes we keep it for years.
Perhaps it’s not really the shell we’re keeping.
Perhaps it’s the memory.
Carmen Delprat
I’m Carmen Delprat, a Newcastle artist painting surreal, symbolic coastal work.
Shells hold, tides return, seabirds disappear into the distance. I paint what the ocean remembers.
Master of Fine Art level and featured in Vogue, Tatler and Condé Nast Traveller.
Enter the World of
Limited Edition FINE ART PRINT
For those drawn to the imagery and symbolism and wanting to live with it in their own space.
For those wanting greater scale and presence.
Open Edition
For collectors drawn to an earlier chapter of Carmen’s Surreal visual history.
Beyond the Canvas
Brand Artist Collaboration with MINI
Exploring movement, identity, and form beyond the canvas — translating fine art into public and mobile spaces.
Based on the work Arachne.
Collector's Circle
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE THE WORK A LITTLE EARLIER.
The Collector’s Circle offers a closer connection to Carmen Delprat’s studio practice.
Members receive selected private previews, early access to new works and Limited Editions and occasional studio news before it is shared more widely.
