Chris Carter

Gallery of Doorways and Windows

April 13, 2015

Villeneuve, France – oil painting 40″ x 30″ – 2010
Window box, Les Bassacs, France 2014
Courtyard Door and Windows, Les Bassacs, France 2014
Villeneuve, France – oil painting 40″ x 30″ (detail) 2010
View through my bedroom window, Les Bassacs, France 2014
Door to Nowhere, Vieux Port, Marseille, France – June 2014
Villeneuve, France – oil painting 40″ x 30″ (detail) 2010
Wooden Door Graffiti, Marseille, France 2014
Door, Marseille, France 2014
Open windows, Les Bassacs, France 2014
Hollyhocks and window, Les Bassacs, France 2014
Cadmium Yellow Door, L’Isle sur la Sorgue, France – 2014
Windows, Chåteau de Bourgane, France 2014
Window, Viens, France 2014
Le Livre d’Isis, Street Scene, Marseille, France 2014
Doorway and shuttered windows, Roussillon, France 2014
Yellow Doors and Blue Window, Roussillon, France 2014

Published by Chris Carter

The organic shapes of the figure are forever changing as a body moves through space catching and reflecting light as it transforms through the shadows of its environment. Even at rest, the figure inspires variations of form and color as it moves slowly with each inhalation of breath. I am driven by my attempt to capture the energy of movement in pencil and paint. Watercolor allows me to explore unknown territory from which I extract the suggestion of one or more figures interacting with the surrounding space. Oil paints challenge my ability to stay focused on a moment of action prolonged over a long period of execution. Pencil and ink are simply a delight, dancing across the paper as swiftly as the figure before me moves to the rhythm of the music that fills the air. Though my work is diverse, ranging from detailed landscapes to totally abstract fields of color and juxtapositions of lines and shapes, I return to the figure to regain my sense of balance and to renew my spirit. Chris Carter

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