Chris Carter

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Colour Scheme Game - Camera and Die. Still in progress. "Camera and Die". Busy time. Even during busy times I need to take brush in hand in order to have balance throughout the day. I'm having so much fun playing the colour scheme game again that I will probaby continue throughout the winter. #chriscarterart #colourschemes #colorschemes #dailysketching #dailypractice In progress. Treating myself to playing my Colour Scheme Game again. I invented this game in 2008 when I was going back to square one to learn about colour and colour schemes. I played it every morning for three years and have shared the fun of it ever since. It's been a while since I treated myself to a morning of playing the game. I'm painting in a dala I drew last week while dog-sitting for Boone and Cooper. An old camera sat on kitchen counter and one die sat on a ledge behind the camera. Pure fun every step of the way. #chriscarterart #dalaart #dala #colorschemegame #colourschemegame #colorschemes #colourschemes Latest lake pigment created from nasturtium leaves. It’s a gorgeous, fluorescent chartreuse! Just from leaves and stems. Thanks for the inspiration Ibby. #plantsand colour #chriscarterart #lakepigments #nasturtiumleaves @ibbylanfear @plants_and_colour @nataliestopka @anniehogg_thewildhedgeinkco Feather - Dala Art No. 49 Dala Art - Feather (in progress) No. 48 - Dala Art - Dog-day Cicadus, genus Neotibicen My first batch of watercolour created from my own indigo plants! #chriscarterart #plantsandcolour @plants_and_colour Thank you to my mentors along this journey! @anniehogg_thewildhedgeinkco @nataliestopka @palimpsestparade and so many more inspiring artists, foragers and pigment makers. Thank you to the members of my plant study groups who constantly inspire me and from whom I’ve learned so much. Colour pigments on the left are all the variations of pigment colour from my first harvest of indigo. The four pigments on the right are from one large puff ball mushroom in my backyard. #chriscarterart #foragedpigments #indigopigmentextraction #indigopigment #puffballmushroom
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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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