Art at Stone Lake

Abstract Explosion

I've had a wonderful couple of months taking painting workshops at the Art Center in Sarasota. Art Center Sarasota classes & workshops.  Thanks to my two wonderful teachers:  Fernando Madridejos and Gale Fulton Ross. They provided guidance but allowed me to explore and deepen my understanding of my unique style and artistic vision.  Most of these are 18 x 24 inches or smaller.   I've learned so much this year --now I want to paint even BIGGER canvases!!

Check these out.  Some will be for sale -- please check my gallery site in early Arpil!  Gallery Website

 

 

Sketchbook OnLine

I've been contributing sketchbooks to the ArtHouse Coop Project. My latest sketchbook, "Remember",  is now online. Here's a link to view my sketchbooks and all the hundreds of others.  Warning:  You can spend HOURS looking at all the wonderful work that's available here. 

Go to the Digital Library Page, type in my name "Carole Lyles Shaw" and have fun!!

Sketchbook Digital Library

 

The Sketchbook Project 2012 World Tour

The Sketchbook Project is a constantly evolving library of artists sketchbooks from across the globe.  This year thousands of sketchbooks will be exhibited at art spaces in 14 cities. After the tour, they will join the collection of the Brooklyn Art Library and be made available to the public seven days a week.  Here's the link to their main site:

ArtHouse Coop

And, here are some images from this sketchbook:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Work--2012 Launches!

I completed a new small collage--continuing to wrk the Secrets and alphabets theme.  Here it is.  collaged found papers.  acrylic paint.  oil pastels.

 

Completed a Commitment

I just wanted to post to the world that I FINISHED both of my Sketchbooks and sent them off today to the Sketchbook Project!!

I liked this project because it pushed me to do tiny experiments with different techniques.  The paper wasn't the best for wet media but I made do....

No photos--I didn't want to pause --I just needed to get them into the mail today to make sure I actually completed them in this calendar year. 

They have new projects coming up for 2012.  Here's the link to find out more!  You can also go to this site and see the digitized version of my journals when they are posted.

ArtHouse Coop Sketchbook Project

 

Happy New Year to Everyone.  Peace, Love and Blessings.

Carole

 

 

New Mixed Media

Although I have been silent for a few months, I have managed to do some work.  Here is one of the 12 x 12 inch canvases that I created in April.  I used spray paint and stencils, along with some text from poetry by my nephew.

 

 

   More to come later!

 

 

Affirmations

In my 'other life', I am a consultant on leadership development. I often include art based/right brain activities in these programs. 

Recently, a colleague and I completed a 9 month program with a wonderful group of people at a government agency.  In our closing, I designed an art-based activity.  I painted canvases and collaged a piece of hand painted watercolor paper to each one.  I used a wide range of colors.  Each participant then selected a canvas, and drew their own hand in outline, and added affriming words that described their strengths.  The participants then added an affirmation to everyone' else's canvas--it becomes sort of a word portrait.  Here's mine--and the wonderful words that these great people wrote for me.  Thanks Everyone!!

Artquilting in Costa Rica!

Hi,

 

I think I mentioned on an earlier post that one of my quilts is being exhibited in Costa Rica!  It's part of an exhibit curated by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, who is a truly world class quilt curator, historian and artist. In addition ot the exhibit, several of the artists also traveled there to conduct talks and classes.  Here is a link ot the FABULOUS blog by Marion Coleman that is a moving documentary.  Please click below to share their amazing journey.

Costa Rica Blog

And, here's a detail of the artquilt that was in the show.

 

 

 

 

New Collages -- May 19, 2010

More new work!  Playing with painted papers, found text, purchased scrappy stuff and my own photos & poetry.

This one is a self portrait titled "Joy in the Music 5-16-10"

This one is titled "Doorway Dreaming 5-19-10".  It's a spiritual journaling page.  I love doorways....

My MiniStudio is Launched!

Well, I had an epiphany on Sunday.  Although we are in small, temporary quarters, I realized that I COULD make art!  I would simply have to focus on certain types of materials and techniques that would be easy to clean up, compact to store, etc.

I decided that using watercolors, pencils,  and the like would be safe enough in the apartment.  So, off I went to buy a few supplies, and a work table.  A couple of hours later, I was up and running.  I decided to focus on making collages using watercolor, found and purchased papers, other materials and my digital art.

Here's one of the first pieces:

Title of this one is simply #101.  I painted tissue and watercolor papers, collaged them and added snippets from an old book of Japanese poetry.

Here's another experiment that went rather well:

TRANSFORMATIONS: 102 AND 103

These two pieces are siblings.  I created 2 collages on watercolor paper.  Then placed one on top of the other, cut them into 4 pieces and reassembled them by using 2 parts from one with 2 parts of the other.  You can't see the cuts in this photo.  I like them both and plan to continue to transform them.

I am building my stash of painted papers and this weekend, I'll start working on photos that I will print on various papers to be used in collages.  I also plan to scan some of the painted papers to use in digital collages.  Wonderful!!!

Sometimes a limitation can lead to greater freedom.

Stay tuned as I continue on this Journey. 

Long Time, No See!

Hello Everyone,I should explain the very, very long silence on this blog (in case you're wondering...).  In the past 6 months, I have been in a long process of selling my house.  That's all done now, but we're living in temporary quarters and I am without an art studio space.  The withdrawal has been difficult....and I may not be back in my art space until this fall. 

In the meantime, I am reading, thinking and dreaming about all the wonderful times to come in my new studio space.  And, I plan to jump back into taking photographs.  I'm shopping for a good, new lightweight digital camera.  I also plan to upgrade to the new Adobe Creative Suite.  It can do magical things and tinkering with software is fun! 

All the best to everyone out there,

Regards,

Carole