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 (4)
kgb224
Wonderful artwork. God bless.
LivingPixels
Always a treat my friend its fantastic!!!
jendellas
Very pretty!!
anahata.c
First, you've made a wall of the flowers and stems: They are a wall of hue, forms, energies, bubbles, etc. And you've gotten real variance from bottom to top: The stems are a completely different section and energy; and the tops---leaves and blooms---are the completion, as if this were a journey from the rising stem-energies to the fulfillment in the flowers. (Which is what they do in nature, anyway...)
The stems have an almost 'cartoon' feeling, in the wiggly outlines; but you've filled them with those alcohol bubbles and undulating hues. (like watercolors.) And they're luminous. Then come the leaves, which are big a broad, and also painted as if with watercolor (because of the wash-like variations in the hues). (Some of your works feel very watercolorish; while others feel so much like oil...) Those leaves are kind of the 'wreath' that holds up the flowers.
And then the hydrangea flowers themselves: Lots of purples and blues; and I love that you're so child-like with the outlines---you don't try, with these, to make the petals highly detailed and variegated: You outline them like simple drawings, and you paint them with beautiful hues, each; with variation in each, to be sure---in some cases via the bubbles of that ink, in some cases via the lines of differing hues, in some cases via the watercolor-like variation within each hue. But they aren't the complex veined entities of some of your larger flower paintings: They feel like a visual child's carnival, a kindergarten (which meant, after all, a gathering of children in a garden---all dressed for a holiday, and crammed together having a great time). I love that aspect of this painting. And your flowers make a great conclusion to the journey...
Another small piece, at least on the computer: But very big in all you pack into it. And playful as well as intense. Some of the stems look like they're bubbling up from a spring---or streaming down into a spring. Amazing interpretation of the inner life of flowers...
(Carol, I'm at nearly an hour, and I must get up an image, and then get some sleep. I've only written 4 comments in this time---but I'll do more in a day or two. All terrific work...)
romanceworks
Thanks so much for your comment, Mark. They mean so much to me. It's interesting that you said the hydrangea flowers had a child-like look and feel to them. Once again I was inspired by memories of my mother's garden, and the magnificent hydrangea bushes. Everything is larger than life when you're a child, but these flower blooms were so massive, and contained so many different colors and shapes, they thrilled me beyond belief. I even had a hydrangea-print dress I wore and put hydrangea blossoms in my hair, and went to grade school feeling like I was a living hydrangea flower. Of course the hydrangea would become a grand source of inspiration. What I truly enjoy is recalling those wonderful childhood memories and expressing the feelings through my art. And sharing that beauty with others.