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:Â http://www.zazzle.com/romanceworks*
Thanks for stopping by. :o) Carol Cavalaris
FINE ART GALLERY:Â 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
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Comments (16)
lisalisette
Very colorful and sweet work :)
LivingPixels
gorgeous carol!!
Paulienchen
ein sehr schöners Bild gefällt mir sehr gut
BE
What a cute image!
giulband
Beautiful and sweet!!
jendellas
The colours are so beautiful, excellent image!!
adrie
Wonderful and sweet image Carol, excellent work.
magnus073
Carol, you did a sensational job on this lovely and colorful image.
kgb224
Outstanding work. God bless.
Ilona-Krijgsman
how lovely this is....such a nice colors
ansgar2
Very cool.....
Lyne
HOW fanciful!! Wonderful!!
Flint_Hawk
This is fabulous! I love the delightful look of spring too!
DennisReed
cool
loligagger
Beautiful!!!!!!!!!
anahata.c
It's fun to see you get a little cartoonish, where your technique is lighter, you do more outlining and simpler "fills" (less detail per flower etc), and get more of a children's-illustration feel. Not that I don't adore your other styles (you know I do), but that this is another side to your work. Leaving the cat aside for a minute, one of the first things that struck me about this was the simpler background---textured, but not with your usual undulating complex shapes and hues---and the simpler floral 'ground', where you have flowers, but they're of a simpler design, smaller, less dramatic and less varied shading, etc. They feel more like 'folktale' flowers, since you have a lot of folklorish elements running throughout your art. And there are more greens and simple grasses down there, rather than the deep curls and lines that often are found in your 'ground' areas (and which will sometimes move to deep inner places). A delightful ground for your cat---who after all is the 'star' of this piece. The underside of your hammock shows your painterly work, beautiful strokes. And it's a simple but luminous hammock---your green, almost yellow green, glows, esp on our left (the cat's right). Simple ornamentation on each side, with beautiful purple-banded tassles. And attention even to the twists in the cords holding the hammock up...The cat's hat---I don't know all hat styles, but it looks like a cloche (that beloved hat of the 20s), to which you've attached beautiful flowers, incl calla lilies, and a dragonfly too; and which you have "blessed" by a bird getting at the pollen. (A hummingbird? I don't know species very well.) In addition to the floral and animal life, the band is more of that luscious green---luminous, here, maybe silk? (I assume you don't have the actual hat---though maybe the cat took it, as models often walk of with their clothes after a shoot...), and a sensual purple for the rest of the hat. See, it's just a "hat," but you really put care into the hues, design and florals. (Even the underside is painterly with strokes of purples and grays.) And the rest is a gentle background of light purples, slightly orangish hues, etc. (with blossoms on top---from the trees---plum blossoms, maybe?) The cat feels totally comfortable. His dark colorations make fine accents for all the green and purple (and he has green eyes---nice touch!), and he holds a lily with a bow: The bows and tassles in this piece are sensitively done (and also sensitively articulated), rather than overdone, as they often can be in images like this. And the two butterflies on either end of the hammock are beautifully done, the left one having what appears to be the full spectrum of the rainbow. And you got the mish-mosh shape of a cat's body, when inside a loose lumpy hammock---another small point, but true to animal form, since most animals in a hammock would be half scrunched up (and probably struggling to get back to the ground---at least the pets I've known!) And there's a lot of air in the piece, to make us focus on the cat. See, that's a point, for me, because in your more intense pieces, you have intense flows and energies in many parts of an image, which are part of your all-encompassing vision; whereas, in this type of image, you have more open space, which fits for the subject. It's a green-feeling image, with purple contrast (more near-complementary colors, thus high contrast). And because there's space in the image, the contrasts stand out almost as statements. What's so delightful about these type of images is that there's a formality to them yet you seem to create your formality "tongue-in-cheek," enjoying the flourish but smiling at it at the same time. It's beautiful but fun. Beautiful work with what, for me, would be an impossible subject. And your hues are all wonderful, throughout. A real delight, Carol.
romanceworks
Thanks so much for your delightful comment, Mark. I did have fun creating this one. It all began with a customer saying she loved my Cats In Fancy Hats and asked if I would put her beloved torbie cat, named Fiona, in a fancy hat. I thought her cat was adorable, and when I saw the green hammock I just knew that kitty wanted to be inside of it, of course wearing a fancy hat. This series is a departure from my usual style, and I enjoy the change, and the humor. I used to do displays and something about decorating those hats gets me going. As always, your detailed and always insightful comments are such a gift.