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Artist of the Month

 

MyCastroValley Featured Artist
Carol Jones Brown


                  

There was a time when I created works that would look great over someone's sofa--florals, seascapes, etc.

Now I want to make something that is unexpected and exciting--BLAM!--a surprise, even for me. The piece may begin this way and end up that way, in a totally different direction, perhaps upside down or sideways.

I begin with enthusiastic thrusts of acrylic paint. Then I may paste on a stray piece of collage paper that is lurking at the bottom of the heap. With that, more papers, fabric, string, the kitchen sink--who knows?

If painting isn't fun, why do it?

 


 

 

The Rocket's Red Glare  36"x36"
Acrylic on canvas with collage


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My Times Square. 40"x30"
Mixed media on canvas




Lofty Pursuit  36"x42"
Mexed media on canvas



Japonica 24"x30"
Mixed media on canvas



Elevation 24"x24"
Mixed media on canvas

 


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Chorus LIne 36"x36"
Mixed media on canvas




Renewal 40"x30"
 Mixed media on canvas



Serpentine 36" x36'
Collage and acrylic on canvas

 



My Sketchbook Drawn and Quartered
40"x40" collage on canvas



 


Sketchbook details:

 




"After Manet"




"After Van Gogh"
 




"After Toulouse-Lautrec"