Irena Carlson Art

Abstractions

Our very first art experiences are marks and squiggles, seemingly random. As we approach the “age of reason” at around 7 years old, we have already been taught to copy the world around us, to imitate what we see.

For me, there is something deeply satisfying in the letting go — of copying nature, or whatever I see in front of me —- to move beyond the boundaries of imitative representation into the total experience of paint, color, light, movement and the emergence of things that seem to come into the brushstrokes in a magical and unexpected way.

 I fell in love with this process where nothing is pre-meditated. Forms emerge from the paint itself —a dragonfly….a doorway…a rune….a snail…a madonna….a plant form. I’m finding now that a few representational forms are moving back into my paintings in the midst of an abstract environment.

Full circle!

Abstractions

River of Life
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Waves of Matter
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Tetrad
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A Duality
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Paths of Light
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Waterfall
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New Zealand Night
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Valley of the White Woman
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Blue Saguaro
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Forest Moon
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Guardian
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Lotus Madonna
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Celestial Madonna
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Primary Abstract
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Impermanent
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Pink Mountains
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Communion
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Planetary Seed
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Antarctica
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Yellow Dress
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Horsey Girl
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