I am thrilled to have been voted Artist of the Month for June, 2008, as well as June 2014. romanceworks bio and interview for 2008 can be read here. INTERVIEW
romanceworks interview for 2014 AOM can be read here:
http://www.renderosity.com/june-2014-artist-of-the-month---romanceworks-cms-17112
What's New with The Art Of Carol Cavalaris
Galleries: I currently exhibit my work in several Colorado galleries, including juried shows at Art At The Center in Nederland, and Gilpin County Art Association in Central City. I also exhibit in several on-line art galleries. I also have on-going exhibits at various banks, community centers, libraries, restaurants, and also participate in local Art Fairs and Festivals. Art Licensing: I am a collectible artist with The Bradford Exchange, where my art is on a Dream Catcher Collection, as well as an exclusive figurine and sculpture collection. My art is also being licensed and is on a variety of products including: eSkins for laptops, iPads, iPhones, etc., puzzles that are being sold in Target, K-Mart, and other retail and web stores. Several of my pieces have been licensed by a company called The Mountain. They produce high-quality, environmentally-friendly T-shirts and other apparel, and have some of the finest wildlife and fantasy artists in the world on their team. My art is now decorating T-shirts that are sold world-wide,including major retail stores like WalMart. You can check out their great line of tees at: http://www.themountain.com
Fine Art Prints and ArtCards: Most of the artwork in my Renderosity gallery is now available for purchase as a Fine Art Print and ArtCard (greeting card suitable for framing). I have a huge selection at my website so please stop by and browse the extensive galleries at:http://www.carol-cavalaris.artistwebsites.com
I also have an on-gallery and e-store at my own website: http://www.romanceworks.com
Specialty Items & Gifts: I opened a Specialty Store where my art is available on various items, including Calendars, Mugs, Mousepads, Art Posters, Postage, Greeting Cards (that can be customized) iPad and iPhone Art Cases, and Skateboards. New items are being added regularly, so please check out my store at: http://www.zazzle.com/romanceworks*
Thanks for stopping by. :o) Carol Cavalaris
FINE ART GALLERY: http://www.carol-cavalaris.artistwebsites.comPERSONAL WEBSITE: http://www.romanceworks.comSPECIALTY STORE: http://www.zazzle.com/romanceworks*SPECIALTY STORE: http://http://www.redbubble.com/people/carolcavalarisHEALING ART STORE: http://www.zazzle.com/healingartdesigns*FACEBOOK FAN PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Art-Of-Carol-Cavalaris/133636773376037
Comments (49)
ragouc
Very nice
Blush
So very cute Night bandits indeed a fav with me Hugs Susan~
pjaj
Excellent work of art!! Beautiful job...
JaneEden
Oh how cheeky they look, this is an amazing artwork Carol, and I am finding the night sky very inspirational for a picture I am creating for my book, so thanks for that, at last all became clear to me lol! hugs Jane xx
Forevernyt
Could tell by the title it was going to be raccoons. Very nicely done!
faroutsider
Gorgeous painting of these adorable and mischievous beasties. Excellent!
Zazou
So wonderful and adorable !
shadownet
These guys can be such pests. Cute, but into everything.
amanda_a42
Absolutely FANTASTIC! such an adorable and beautiful creation I haven't seen for quite some time.
DreamersWish
A very whimsical and mischievous looking critters you have painted. Beautifully done!
kasalin
Wonderful image and a very creative work !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hugs Karin :)
dragonmuse
Wonderful work :) I have always been fond of raccoons. Where I grew up they were considered pests, but I welcomed them.
loligagger
Excellent!!!!!!!!!!
anitalee
Excellent
tryky5carla
GORGEOUS AND SWEET !!!!!!!!!!
jascorpio
Love them!!!
louly
I don't like them in my backyard but you made them so beautiful and magical. Wonderful, light, colours, atmosphere and composition.
anahata.c
a really nice addition to the halloween collection, because you paid tribute through an animal rather than to the usual images---which are fine, but since it's a mid-season holiday (cross-quarter), and celebrates the very center of autumn (in the n. hemisphere), it's always nice to see nature images alongside the spirits & goblins that inhabit so much of the holiday's imagery. You did wonderful work with the raccoons, somehow softening them while at the same time highlighting their contrasts, making them shine like little bundles of light in the night. Your choice of near b&w really helps in that. And I don't know if the original photographs were all facing this way---it seems like you worked them up to face that way, and it's wonderful because they're all looking just out of frame, bringing us out of frame & reminding us that the whole world is out there, for a raccoon, that they're not just occupying the small space we see them in when they're near our garbage or door, etc. A nice swath of brown in the left bottom raccoon, and your treatment of grasses (from brush or your own painting or both) is luminous, with the same highlighting & hues you use in the raccoons it seems, and there are sections where they fade into a kind of sea-like blur---an opulent night touch that you use so expressively in other of your works. (Brings Mina to mind too...there were/are a handful of artists on RR who used blurs & blends in a wholly mystical way. You're one of the masters of that.) The white tree on the left is wonderful, and the rest...well, one of your mystical skies with billowy clouds, moon & stars. I really appreciate this for halloween (samhain, cross-quarter, etc): It puts nature back into the day, along with the coming dark; and it's luminous and, like so much of your work, both loving & gentle. Speaking of autumn, I hope your thanksgiving was fine as well!
mps
Excellent image.