Gallery of Art
Artist's Message
As an artist, I delight in experimentation. Currently, I am working as an abstract colorist painter. I have been greatly influenced by the non-representational art of Jackson Pollack. I pour paints onto the surface of the canvas and determine how to manipulate the work-in-progress by exploring the possibilities from all angles. Sometimes I rely on textured paints to achieve a sculptural quality; sometimes I prepare cut-outs to adhere to a second canvas for a representational effect. Unlike Pollack, I use brushes and other utensils to manipulate the paints—all the while determining my next step by evaluating the emerging color effects and their ultimate potential to speak emotionally to a viewer. In the studio I proceed intuitively with the goal of discovering new ways to allow color and design to speak lyrically to audiences.
Exhibits
Carolyn's paintings have been displayed in galleries, nursing homes, and educational settings, including Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts (solo); Glen Allen’s SlantWall Gallery at The Cultural Arts Center (solo); Willow Street Gallery in Washington, D.C.; Steward School in Richmond; Morning Glory Gallery; Petersburg Public Library (solo); Rappahannock Art League’s Studio Gallery; the Paul Cramer Center (solo); Stewart Gallery in Gloucester; the Tides Inn; the Yates House Gallery; and others.
Comments
“She uses her paintings and sculptures as part of her lessons because they are abstract and this allows her pupils to react to them in different ways. Her students have named her sculptures—“Daddy Sax,” “Patrick Ewing,” “Maria” with a spinning wheel, “Yuri” who dances. Her abstract paintings take students’ minds into creative modes.”
-- From: Genie Nolan, “Profile: Carolyn Kreiter-Kurylo, Artist,” Tempo 1988, xii.
“She has an incredibly broad base of knowledge. I remember going through the art museums in France with her, and she was so insightful in her descriptions of the paintings. She’s just a really good person who’s a free spirit.”
-- Faye Bousel, former International Baccalaureate Coordinator, Robinson Secondary, Fairfax County Public Schools
“Painting and sculpting have taught me how to look, not simply with the eyes, but with the heart. . . . Painting has taught me how to tune out the chatty, judgmental side of my being. I attribute this to the fact that I’m an abstract and non-objective painter who must rely heavily on the imagination. Since my imagination follows no rules, I’m less inclined to judge what I produce until I’m nearly finished.”
-- Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Quoted in an interview with Doris Gwaltney, Voyager, Vol. II, No. 3, September 1989, pp. 1-2.
As an artist, I delight in experimentation. Currently, I am working as an abstract colorist painter. I have been greatly influenced by the non-representational art of Jackson Pollack. I pour paints onto the surface of the canvas and determine how to manipulate the work-in-progress by exploring the possibilities from all angles. Sometimes I rely on textured paints to achieve a sculptural quality; sometimes I prepare cut-outs to adhere to a second canvas for a representational effect. Unlike Pollack, I use brushes and other utensils to manipulate the paints—all the while determining my next step by evaluating the emerging color effects and their ultimate potential to speak emotionally to a viewer. In the studio I proceed intuitively with the goal of discovering new ways to allow color and design to speak lyrically to audiences.
Exhibits
Carolyn's paintings have been displayed in galleries, nursing homes, and educational settings, including Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts (solo); Glen Allen’s SlantWall Gallery at The Cultural Arts Center (solo); Willow Street Gallery in Washington, D.C.; Steward School in Richmond; Morning Glory Gallery; Petersburg Public Library (solo); Rappahannock Art League’s Studio Gallery; the Paul Cramer Center (solo); Stewart Gallery in Gloucester; the Tides Inn; the Yates House Gallery; and others.
Comments
“She uses her paintings and sculptures as part of her lessons because they are abstract and this allows her pupils to react to them in different ways. Her students have named her sculptures—“Daddy Sax,” “Patrick Ewing,” “Maria” with a spinning wheel, “Yuri” who dances. Her abstract paintings take students’ minds into creative modes.”
-- From: Genie Nolan, “Profile: Carolyn Kreiter-Kurylo, Artist,” Tempo 1988, xii.
“She has an incredibly broad base of knowledge. I remember going through the art museums in France with her, and she was so insightful in her descriptions of the paintings. She’s just a really good person who’s a free spirit.”
-- Faye Bousel, former International Baccalaureate Coordinator, Robinson Secondary, Fairfax County Public Schools
“Painting and sculpting have taught me how to look, not simply with the eyes, but with the heart. . . . Painting has taught me how to tune out the chatty, judgmental side of my being. I attribute this to the fact that I’m an abstract and non-objective painter who must rely heavily on the imagination. Since my imagination follows no rules, I’m less inclined to judge what I produce until I’m nearly finished.”
-- Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Quoted in an interview with Doris Gwaltney, Voyager, Vol. II, No. 3, September 1989, pp. 1-2.