2D Painting, Oil
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 Carolyn Boyd of Morehead, Kentucky, has had an interest and involvement in art since early childhood. She had art teachers at Rowan County High School and Morehead State University whose encouragement and inspiration have had, according to her, a life-long impact. In addition to being a wife and mother of two sons, she worked in a variety of 'regular' jobs, always striving to make time for creating art, before returning to art study and painting full time in 1988.
Carolyn paints in the representational style using oils, acrylics, watercolor and pastel and prefers to work from life. She is an exhibiting member of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen, the Lexington Art League and founding member of Cave Run Arts Association, Inc. She is Secretary of the Rowan County Arts Promotion Foundation Board and has written a regular column on art-related subjects for The Morehead News. Her work may also be seen in business offices in Morehead or at the Cave Run Arts web site at: www.caverunarts.org . She maintains a working studio space at the Rowan County Arts Center, 205 East Main Street in Morehead, KY. Artist’s Statement: 'I am primarily a self-taught, traditional oil painter. Most of my paintings are done from life with any preliminary drawing done directly onto the canvas. My goal in painting is, quite simply, to improve and develop my ability to my highest potential - to become not only a better technician, but a better observer and translator of what I see. Personal circumstances over the past several years have limited my painting time; but painting for me is a learning experience that I find so fulfilling and such a part of who I am, that I always ‘need’ to paint.' Memberships: Juried member of Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen, Carter Caves Art Expo, Lexington Art League, founding member of Cave Run Arts Association, Inc. and Secretary of the Rowan County Arts Promotion Foundation Board. |
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