Diana Carey

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Woodlands

the woodlands 20"x30" thrown paint on canvas 2012

private collection
diana carey artist

Way Low Hill

way-lo-hill 24"x30" thrown acrylic paint on canvas 2012

private collection
diana carey artist

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Ned's Trees

ned's trees 3'x4' thrown paint on canvas 2011

aspen photography by Ned Fox photographer

private collection
diana carey abstract impressionism

Thursday, January 12, 2012

the process

circling the painting to determine where the 'throws' should be

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Culture Inside Gallery Luxembourg / Luxembourg spring

Luxembourg spring 40"x 30" gestural painting 2012

Culture Inside Gallery Luxembourg

available through gallery
diana carey artist

Culture Inside Gallery Luxembourg

Nadine Baurin Fine Art Gallery/ poppies

poppies 30x40" paint thrown using sticks and brushes 2012

Nadine Baurin Fine Art Gallery
solo exhibit 2014

private collection
diana carey abstract impressionism

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Japanese Friendship Garden / cherry blossoms

cherry blossoms 36x48" thrown acrylic paint on canvas 2009

Japanese Friendship Garden of San Diego
solo exhibit 2013
exhibit, Sakura Fubuki

private collection
diana carey abstract impressionism, tangles series

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artist statement

Life Is Not A Straight Line

Diana Carey

My work partially addresses and integrates a grand gestural technique with that of neo impressionist pointillism, leading to an abstract impressionism based on feeling rather than imagery, depth rather than surface quality. My intention is to wrest chaos, fundamental to the technique, into works that reference that technique,while retaining an image. Using sticks and brushes to splash, throw, and splatter numerous layers of acrylic paint onto a large supine canvas, I try and evoke the essence of a subject, taking care with my accuracy not to overly emphasize the image and thus minimize the process.

The intention and interactive play between the viewer’s perception and my technique determines the paintings perceived order and imagery. Each tiny splash of paint, each throw, chaotic yet cohesive, contributes to the substance that reads as organic subjects, subjects based mainly from my travels and from my home base in the hills of Southern California.

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painting process short video

painting process video long

essay by N.Y critic Robert Mahoney NY

John Mendelsohn commentary NY

Kay Colvin interview Coast News

Jonathan Goodman review N.Y art critic

ArtNews 2017

The American Scholar, portrait of the artist 2017

CA ArtNews 2016

artsy Adelman Fine Art

curriculum vitae

Bachelor of Arts in Art with a distinction in Art History, SDSU 2013

2008-current, Painter/Educator

2013-2017 curator, Gallery at the Brooks, Oceanside

1997-2014, Artist/Lecturer/Poet/Workshop Leader

Creator Hearts of Stone and Contemporary Frescoes

SELECTED RECOGNITION

Museum Exhibits: solo: Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego 2013 group: Oceanside Museum of Art 2020, 2019, 2017, 2015; SDAI 52nd International 2013, Women's Museum of California 2013; National Museum of Catholic Art and History 2010, DC; San Diego Museum of Natural History 2006; SDAI 48th international 2005; SDAI regional 2004

Institution Exhibits: Abbaye de Neumunster, Luxembourg 2011; Picture Art Foundation, CSUDH 2011; Picture Art Foundation, CSUDH 2013; Insight Labs, National Holocaust session 2013; NYSVA Workshop Leader 2011; Gotthelf Gallery, La Jolla Jewish Community Center 2004

Solo Exhibits: Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles 2019, 2017; Nadine Baurin Fine Art Galley, Leucadia 2014; The Gallery at The Brooks, Oceanside 2014; Japanese Friendship Garden Museum, San Diego2013 ; 4Walls Gallery, San Diego 2006; Trios Gallery, Design District, Solana Beach 2004; Territories, Tucson, Joseph David Gallery, San Diego 2000

TWA: Twenty Women Artist: proposed and accepted TWA solo exhibits: Canon Gallery, The Prom 2018, The Prom; Fallbrook Library, Voices 2018; Fresh Paint Gallery, La Jolla, 20/20 Twenty Women of Vision; upcoming 2021 OMA, Now

Invitationals: City of Fontana Summer Artist Showcase 2019; Santa Clarita Art Slam 2013; City of Encinitas, We Hang Together 2008; Charles Bibbs 626 Gallery, Los Angeles 2008; Regents Gallery, Los Angeles 2007; Del Mar T.V. , poetry and art 2002

Specialty and Awards: Art Olympia Tokyo 2019 semi honorable mention; City of Fontana 2019; New York Arts Club 2010; Historic Society of Washington DC 2009; 2nd City Council and Performing Arts Space, Long Beach, 2nd place, juror, Dr. Allen Roberts, professor and museum expert World Arts and Culture 2002; San Diego County Fair, Best of Show, First Place, Special Award, Two Honorable Mentions

Media: Southwest Art Magazine, Women in Art August 2018, 2017; The American Scholar, Profile of the Artist, Sept. 2017; CA ArtNews, Featured Artist, February and September 2017; Legendary Locals, book inclusion 2012; Coast News, interviews, 2011, 2008, 2004; San Diego Decor and Style Magazine, featured artist, 2000

Public Collections: permanent: Mission Gathering Church, San Diego; National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York; Firefly Wine Bar and Grill, Encinitas; 4 Walls Gallery, San Diego; temporary: The Ritz Carlton, Laguna Nigel 2017, 2018, 2020;The Gallery at The Brooks 2013-2017; Blue Heron Farms 2010-2018; Currant American Brasserie, Hotel Sofia 2008-2017

Corporate Collections: Troutman Sanders International Law Firm, Irvine; Poet Land and Cattle, Nevada; Xcelsior Corp., Del Mar; ARC Architects, La Costa

Workshops and Lectures: NYSVA; CSUSM; California Center for Creative Renewal; Casa de Amparo

Grants: Kerr Family Grant 2014; Collins Family Grant for Casa de Amparo; Kenneth A Picerne, Artist Outreach 2011

Memberships: TWA, LAAA , OMA, SDVAN

REPRESENTATION: Rebecca Molayem Gallery, Los Angeles; Adelman Fine Art, San Diego; Mitchell Contemporary, Idaho; LGOCA, Laguna Beach; L'Attitude, Boston; Culture Inside, Luxembourg 2010-2018; Mitchell Contemporary, Palm Desert 2017; The Gallery at the Brooks, 2013-2017; Nadine Baurin Fine Art, Leucadia, 2012-2015; Trios Gallery, Solana Beach 2003-2015; Territories, Tucson 2000-2003, Joseph David Gallery, San Diego 2000-2001

Diana Carey

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Woodlands

Way Low Hill

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Ned's Trees

Thursday, January 12, 2012

the process

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Culture Inside Gallery Luxembourg / Luxembourg spring

Nadine Baurin Fine Art Gallery/ poppies

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Japanese Friendship Garden / cherry blossoms

Diana Carey

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