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
Comments (14)
LivingPixels
Superbly done carol!!
kgb224
Outstanding work. God bless.
oiram
wonderfull.
bakapo
so beautiful!
jendellas
Beautiful colouring, so pretty. Xx
Cyve
Marvelous flowers...wonderfully done !
kftate
Oh wow! Outstanding image! Truly gorgeous work!
DennisReed
cool
giulband
Sublime creation !!!!!!!!!
magnus073
Wow Carol, this is one sensational looking image you created.
fractalartist01
Very nicely done!
QuietRiot
Simply stunning. My iris are just coming up...won't be blooming for another month or two.
Bothellite
You are so masterful - I am in awe.
anahata.c
When you first posted this, I thought: What a short poem for such a powerful painting! But the poem says all it needs to say. (Oh the glory of the iris...) Irises always fascinated me because of their primal drooping "wings" (petals), their folds and creases like they were born old and wise and even ornery, the spill of their petals and how they fall all over the space they occupy, and by those yellow carpets in the stamen areas, so primal, strange and exotic...They're like eccentric relatives who know so much and are beautiful and grizzled all at the same time; not always easy to warm up to, but who, when one does, reveal a universe. Your painting---whoosh---it's almost an abstract; and then, it's almost like something painted and put under glass. And then it's like you poured the painting into a section between two panes of glass, and the painting just rushed in and filled in the spaces until it became this massive thing. Or like a painting, period, which is made of constant energies pulsing all over the place. You've got very clear strokes, and the the 'rivers' and 'streams' of the veins are colored and contrasted like passion-made-visible. You're contrasting not only lighter and darker versions of the same hue (your light and dark pinks next to each other, for example), but with pinks and greens, greens and yellows, greens and purples, etc. And while there are individual petals, they are all pulsing with the same meta-energies. And your pov---I'm using a photographic term again, but some of your images have a very photographic composition---takes us right into the middle of this intense coagulation, and there's no end in the image, anywhere. Even your background has deep striations in it---the whole piece is alive with pulsing energies. And that yellow "carpet" looks like a Van Gogh flower painting, emerging out of one of the darker caverns of the image. A remarkable, living image; and, as an evocation of the inner world of an iris, you got the flower dead-on. I think this is what the iris would like to look like, if it had the chance; like the painter who paints a portrait of someone to bring out their inner essence, you've done that with the iris. It's gotta think, "at last someone painted the 'real me'". It's got lots of depth, yet everything seems to be waving to grab out attentions---a very powerful grabbing and passionate image. And beautiful as always. You made irises beam everywhere with this one...