Reality painting

Reality painting
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From realism to abstraction with Chris Carter Friday, February 06, 2009 ,Lebanon Township's Chris Carter is known for the diversity of her style and for her versatility in handling a variety of media. She works primarily in watercolor and oil painting, and also in pastel, acrylic, gouache, ink and pencil. Carter's work ranges from 10-second strokes capturing the motion of a dancer or a yoga posture, to large watercolors that have evolved from layers of thrown paint, to carefully composed and rendered oil paintings. The paintings are equally split between abstract and representational. The subject is most often figures or orbs. Carter says her goal is always to capture energy in her work, to create the illusion of movement through space regardless of subject matter. For her, life is movement. As a child, Carter says she had no interest in the world of objects. Her doodles were always orbs of flying, button shapes that were connected by strings and ribbons floating through space. "The patterns of light and dark created by the light of the sun moving across the sky on a clear day or cutting through clouds thrilled me," she explains.

"It was these abstract oil painting shapes that haunted and inspired me. Learning to draw realistically was a painful task and well worth the effort. I now enjoy the marriage of abstraction
and reality. Having the ability to include the strengths of both in a reality painting is a joy and allows me to push paintings further exploring new forms of expression." Carter is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art. Her work is in private collections throughout the country, as well as England, Germany and Japan. Hometown: Lebanon Township Blog: beforethecurtainfalls.blogspot.com Style: Known for diversity and for versatility in handling a variety of media, primarily watercolor and oil. Work ranges from strokes to carefully composed and rendered paintings. Influences: Arshile Gorky, Gustav Klimt, John Singer Sargent, Vieira de Silva, Hundertwasser, Morris Louis, Matisse, Vuillard, Egon Schiele, Arthur Rackham and Trina Schart Hyman

Knows her roots: As a child, she was inspired by abstract oil painting shapes formed by patterns of light and dark created by the light of the sun moving across the sky. Catch her if you can: New Jersey exhibits in February/March at Gibson Gallery, Washington; March/April at Straube Center, Pennington; March exhibit at Wings Conservancy, Chester. Represented by Monsoon Gallery, Bethlehem; Solaris Gallery, Califon. To visit a gallery of Chris Carter's work, visit Lehighvalleylive.com and click "entertainment" for Meet the oil painting artist blog.