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As an artist, my truest joy comes from giving visual shape to the images in my mind and the emotions in my heart. I work primarily as a mixed media painter, combining acrylics with paper, ink, image transfers and other media. I use these various materials to create textured layers that evoke a sense of history and mystery at the same time, my visual interpretation of the personal growth ring layers that we sometimes hide and sometimes reveal to others. I paint on both canvas and wood, building a story for my vision with each layer, using a variety of distressing techniques as I go — sanding, scratching, scrubbing and so on - to create textural interest and provide glimpses of the work's history. Marcel Proust, the quintessential dreamer, wrote, “If a little dreaming is dangerous,the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.” My inspiration comes from nature, music, poetry and literature, and my dreams. Many of my paintings are conceived while walking outdoors, listening to a song or reading a poem, drawing upon my own personal mythology, cultural archetypes and symbols for interpretive imagery. It’s often the mood that an experience or words create that inspires my work, so my paintings aren’t literally narrative, but rather evocative and open to the viewer’s own story. Contact Carla Kurt: Website - carla kurt ~ mixed media fine art - http://www.carlakurt.com |
