Paintings of Time and Place

"Me, Myself, and I," Oil Painting of the Self Reminiscent of Cubism

I love to paint faces and heads.  The head has so many different angles and planes, physically and psychologically.  Whether painting representationally or abstractly, each one is different.  Each has its own character and personality.   This painting attempts to represent two different aspects of personality integrating into the whole.

I have been reading deKooning's  biography and with it, the biography of the New York and American art scenes in the 30s and 40s.  America was influenced by European art movements:  surrealism, cubism, modern art, in general.  This painting is my attempt at cubism inspired by the art of those who came before. 

"Me, Myself, and I," Oil on Canvas, 12 X 9,"  Framed to 16 1/4 X 13 1/4." $225 USD

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Copyright Charlotte Shroyer 2012

"In Synch," Monotype on Paper; Duality of Persons and Personality

I am continually intrigued by the duality of personality.  The more I read novels with characters searching for and sometimes never identifying how their inner and outer beings can be integrated into totality of self, the more intrigued I become.  Orhan Pamuk's Black Book is an intensive exploration into this very matter.  My images in this monotype could be seen as twins or as two parts of the same consciousness.  Take your pick.  Regardless these are two characters in synchrony.

In Synchrony, Monotype on Paper, 8 X 8" (image size), 13 X 13" (framed size), $140 USD

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"Dreaming," Monotype Similar to Verbal Stream of Consciousness

Dreams are fascinating--the gate to the inner world of each of us.  As different as there are people.  Inner desires, inner unknowns and more--even a place into the future.  This monotype is much like my inner stream of consciousness at one point in time.  It tells so much and yet so little.

 

"Dreaming," Monotype on Paper, 8 X 8" (image size), 13 X 13" (framed size), $140 USD

Framed in black contemporary frame

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THE Mountain, Monotype Dedicated to the Power of Taos Mountain

 

 

"THE Mountain," Monotype on Paper, 4 X 6" (image size)

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"Renaissance Woman," Monotype

The Renaissance haunts me.  It was a time of art renewal, of appreciation for fine art and respect for its artists.  Patrons helped support artists in their quests to find their

"Renaissance Woman," Monotype on Paper, 6 X 4" (image size); 11 1/2 X 9 1/2" (framed size), $115 USD

muses and to create pieces of wonder.   Today's art world needs a renaissance for those artists in their studios creating in spite of a declining middle class market for the arts.  There seems to be money for purchase of electronic gadgets which will be obsolete in less than two years, but little for the purchase of an art piece which can bring joy for 50 years of a lifetime and longer beyond a lifetime.  How have we as a culture  arrived at a point where that which makes a culture richer and deeper has been pushed to the wayside?  Where is our renaissance? 

 

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"Of the Ancients," Oil Painting Inspired by Taos Pueblo and Historical Anasazi

Taos Pueblo is still part of my psyche.  I have painted so many images of the pueblo, most of them very impressionistic and representational.  While it is obvious that this is the pueblo, as I painted it, I could only think of the ancestors who preceded its current inhabitants.  They were of the Anasazi of ancient times, a people who fled  from their cave "apartments" for some reason to search for a better life, which they found as they created the pueblos of New Mexico.

 "Of the Ancients," Oil on Canvas, 20 X 16" (image size), 25 X 21" (framed size), $675 USD