Caroline Carney – Returning Artist

Caroline Carney, Returning Artist at Gallery 444 PTown

Opening on Friday night.

Caroline Carney

I am an oil painter working between Provincetown and Los Angeles, drawn to the exceptional light and unique landscapes of these areas. Though I have traveled and lived in many places, an abiding love for the landscape and architecture of the outer cape pervades my spirit and work.

My oil painting practice has grown out of life-long habits of drawing, journaling in watercolor, and mailing painted postcards to family and friends. I view my paintings as open missives, communicating feelings of affection for place, presence, and memory.

My work often juxtaposes organic elements (flowers, fish, branches) with the built environment (fences, trays, buildings). These focuses emerged from life in Provincetown, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis as a cyclist and pedestrian – observing, experiencing, and photographing intersections of the built environment with forces of sunlight, plants, weather, and water. Travels and studies throughout coastal New England, the American Southwest, and Southern California continue to inspire and shape my painting practice. I paint outdoors as well as in a studio.

email: caroline.cain.carney@gmail.com
website: www.carolinecarney.com
phone: (267) 331-0120