Carol John
For four decades I’ve had a rigorous studio practice, creating brilliantly
colored motifs that shift and circle back on themselves over time. Working
with oil paint on canvas and paper, I reference geometric shapes and pop
graphics. I paint circles, dots, ice-cream cones, combs, cigarette butts, lips,
words, and eyeballs, to name a few. These forms star in my paintings and
are constantly being recombined in new ways. Erratic patterning and bright
colors are layered to surprise a viewer’s sensibilities, representing familiar
objects in unexpected ways and developing my dialogue about what painting
can be.
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