The Santa Clarita Artists’ Association (SCAA) February 15, 2010 meeting at 7 p.m. will feature landscape artist, Carolyn Counnas. Carolyn will be demonstrating the Seven Principles of Creating Depth in Your Paintings.
Carolyn found her artistic inspiration from trekking around the world. Having lived in India, Africa, Japan and Europe, various ethnic influences are evident in her early work, which captures the feeling, energy and emotion of a place rather than a particular subject. Her website is: www.carolynsfineart.com .
Now settled in Thousand Oaks, with its Mediterranean climate, Carolyn finds enormous inspiration from her natural surroundings. Here the seasonal changes are more subtle than in her native Maryland, but the varied and vivid color palette works its magic.
Currently, color is Carolyn’s primary spark, more so than form or subject matter. You might say that subject matter is an excuse to use color. Her current oil paintings feature lots of warm reds. Using a method called “color orchestration,” she combines many variations of a single color to create rich, luminous effects. Grasses – their form and ever changing essence – are also reflected in her current work.
The SCAA monthly meetings are instructive and inspirational and are held at the Westfield Town Center Community Room, located between JC Penny and the Food Court. Non-members are welcomed and may attend the first meeting for free.
For additional information, please visit the SCAA webpage at: http://www.santaclaritaartists.org/ .