Carol McArdle solo art show and oil painting demonstration
Description:
Abstract and Realism in Florida’s Nature
Since I was a child in England I have been fascinated with both Nature and the patterns I could see within her. I went to Art College with the intentions of becoming a fabric designer and developing the designs I saw in England’s gardens and countryside into fabric prints. Instead the paintbrushes beckoned, and when I later moved to Florida I began to capture the colorful patterns of our unique local nature in abstract and representational paintings and murals. Look carefully though and you can see nature’s abstract rhythms in even my most realistic paintings.
WHAT and WHEN:
Art Reception: March 9 4:00 -9:00 p.m.
Art demo in oils: March 9 and 10, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
WHERE:
WildChild Art Gallery, 4625 Pine Island Rd. Matlacha.
CONTACT:
Carol McArdle 239 267 4750
Carol@carolmcardle.com
WEBSITES:
www.carolsheart.com
www.caromcardle.com
What is it About Abstract?
some people just don't see the point about abstract and some people just rave about it. What do you think about it, and why does it always arouse such different and passionate responses?
I cannot say I have all the answers. In fact, I can't say I have any of the answers. What I do have is what looking at an abstract image, view, painting, sculpture etc. can do for me.
First of all, just like any other art style, I do not like all abstract, but I do like (make that love) all the abstract that I see in Mama Nature. I am always attracted to the organic myriad of colors, tones, shapes and textures. I bet you have admired them too but maybe just don't realize it.
Some more obvious examples are, the bark of trees from birch to pine; the lines and patterns in stone,(a granite counter top is stone). What about the colors of the waters at a tropical beach? Haven't you taken a deep sigh as you gazed at the different shades of aquas, bright turquoises, deep teals and electric blues? That's the reaction I have to the visual beauty that is abstract. I feel nourished, refreshed and full of gratitude when I see it.
Most of the paintings at my Abstract and Realism in Florida's Nature art show will be representational but in each one you will find nature's abstract patterns. Also there will be some abstract paintings and photographs that I hope will give you a new look at the abstract beauty all around us.
