Francesca Sundsten

Green Hill

2012

How Old Am I? – Encaustic and Oil Panel by Arminée Chahbazian (2015) Oil encaustic on framed wood panel, 12 × 12 in, 2015 In How Old Am I?, Arminée Chahbazian fuses oil and en...

Depicts Carole Garland reveling in a hot summer day at the Venice Beach. Colorful beach umbrellas shield the timid from the burning sun while sunbathers bask in the searing heat. Yellow and blue ribbons floating on the wind celebrate Venice’s chaos and its whimsy. To focus the figure of a preteen who stands sentinel, Garland fades out the foreground sunbather on right and obfuscates the crouching man on left. The artist leads us to the groups of mysterious standing and sitting figures in the shadows and beyond. Garland’s collection of figurative work speaks to a contemporary sensibility in her approach to painting, while expressing a curiosity about the human form and an irrepressible concern for the human spirit. Carole Garland graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., studied at the Chicago Art Institute and the University of the Americas in Mexico City. She has worked privately with artists Keith Finch and Ron Pekar, taken numerous workshops and was mentored by David Gallup...

The movement of water, the changing reflections, leaves floating across the surface, the angle of golden light... The artist Carole Garland conveys the childlike wonder and awe she feels as she gazes down at a stream in the woods. The rocks are solid and still as the light begins to fade and different shadows appear. Garland attempts to interpret in her work the calm and serenity evoked by nature. There is a spiritual aspect to her embrace of the natural world. Workshops with Plein Air oil painters Frank...

The artists' enclave of Sa Miguel de Allende provides inspiration at every turn. Here the Orange Wall on a back street of the town serves as a protective barrier to the sheltered hom...

A quiet street of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico is the subject of this painting by Carole Garland. An elderly woman cautiously makes her way along a narrow path using a tree to lend support. The orange wall provides much needed shade in the afternoon heat. Light seeps through the branches of a colorful bougainvillea patterning the orange bulwark. Artist Carole Garland who studied art in both San Miguel de Allende and Mexico City shares her appreciation of the simplicity of this quiet backstreet in a Mexican town. A special moment in time is brought to life. Garland uses the scumbling technique and a paint laden palette knife to achieve texture and depth in the leaves, the branches and the rough pavement of the street. This oil on wood panel is 16"x20" and its natural wood sides serve as a frame. The painting is wired for easy hanging. This is a stand-alone artwork but was conceived as a companion piece to Orange Wall of San Miguel #1. Together they are 16"x 40". Artist Carole Garland has appeared in numerous venues throughout Southern California, including several juried California Art Club exhibits and individual shows at TAG Gallery in Los Angeles. Her work has recently appeared at the West Los Angeles College Art Gallery; the Rose Cafe, Venice; Topanga Canyon Art...

The lemons in this painting play hide and seek with the viewer as artist Carole Garland explores the mysteries of light and shadow. Myriad shades of green, from cold blue emerald to ...

The artist Carole Garland, from Chicago, remembers her move to Los Angeles and her wonder at "Where are all the tall buildings? and Why so much blue sky?" She came to love the City o...

Afterglow - Oil painter and fine artist Carole Garland chose as her subject this rosette succulent Echeveria or commonly known as Afterglow with its bell-shaped flowers. The sharp an...

While it is true that humans and nature are having some trouble finding a sustainable balance, I believe that it is imperative that we don’t lose hope. There is still so much worth ...

Carole Garland chooses to refrain from painting sentimental peasant paintings inspired by her travels abroad. Here she departs in a major way. Intrigu...