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 (8)
Kratoonz
Nice.
kgb224
Outstanding work. God bless.
jendellas
Fantastic.
LivingPixels
Impressive Carol!!
DennisReed
sweet
bakapo
awww, how sweet.
water
Cool postwork !
anahata.c
Starting from where I left off last time (though there are images before that which I haven't commented on, as well...I'll try to get images from all sides, if I can...), this is an amazingly multi-layered work. I don't mean layers ala photoshop, but visual and emotional layers. As a picture of a mother giraffe leaning into her child---and the child craning way up to meet its mother---it's very expressive; and your painting and use of light, texture, etc, emphasize the meeting---the 'stretch'---very powerfully. I don't know the reference photograph (though if it's from Denise, it has to be masterful), but if her picture includes more than this, you've cropped it to zero-us in on the meeting of these two. And the child's tongue, licking its mother, shows that this isn't just a child looking for nurturance, but giving it.
But then, there's your painting. The fur and mane of the mother (maybe coat's the right word, instead of "fur") is painted very painterly, with brushwork that gives a quiet pulse to her coat. And you've used peach hues throughout (mixed with the blacks and orange-browns, etc) which are beautiful. But her and her child's face are highly electrified, highly fluid flows of energy. You've rendered the child's face as compendium of cellular sections, each with its own energy and current. As is the mother's...And you haven't 'beautified' them, making them 'photogenic': Instead, both have bulbous and overlapping forms; in fact, in parts, they look like a very active terrain which has been beset by eons of geologic drama and shift. And the manes---on their heads---are a series of rushing currents, like lots of little rivers flowing in tandem with each other. This is the 'carol' touch. Maybe I should call it the carol waterfall.
A very vital portrait of these two heads and faces, which you've backed with a painterly background that is almost like textured glass---it really looks that way; and it's filled with the same hues you have in the giraffes. Powerful stuff, Carol, a great kiss animated by primal energies galore. If Michelangelo's "creation of Adam" (or whatever it's called)---where god reaches out for adam, and there's an implied spark between them---has implied electricity, this has real electricity. The meeting point between them is powerful, while the whole animals radiate with powerful energies. A real Carol interpretation; I don't know any artist in my life who would have interpreted this this way, and revealed so much energy from within it.