Carla Golembe is inviting the public to view her newest paintings, “Intuitive/Intentional”.  She has been experimenting with blending different approaches to painting and you will see how her intuition has expressed itself. Carla’s reaction to feeling stuck in an artist’s rut and trying something totally new to her comfort level is a true inspiration for anyone! The Rickie Report urges you to see this exhibit at the Friends of the Spanish River Library Gallery and hear Carla speak about her experience. The event is free and open to the public.

Carla Golembe

“Intention/Intuition”

Public Reception:

Sunday, March 8th   3-5 PM

Carla will speak about her work at 3:30

Friends Art Gallery (Second Floor)

Spanish River Library & Community Center

1501 Spanish River Blvd.   Boca Raton, FL 33431

561.393.7852

Free Event

Exhibit runs February 23-April 11 

M-Th 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday noon – 6:00 p.m.

Intuitive/Intentional : The Blending of a Painting Approach

Carla Golembe is an award winning acrylic painter and illustrator. Her work is included in numerous corporate collections. She has painted 5 animal sculptures for “Animals On Parade” public art projects, the “Piano of Joy” for Keys to the City and a wine label for Dos Puentes Winery. In addition to exhibiting her work throughout the U.S., Carla teaches painting at the Boca Raton Museum Art School and Delray Beach Center for the Arts.

“La Bel Canto” by Carla Golembe

Carla tells The Rickie Report, “Several months ago I began experimenting with Intuitive Painting, a process that involves putting down a lot of layers of color and mark making without planning or intention.  With the intuitive approach the artist basically goes on gut instinct, allowing colors, marks and, eventually, images to emerge.  Up until then my approach had been very planned out, creating several sketches until I got my composition exactly as I wanted it, planning the palette of each painting, though allowing the painting to change as it progressed.  I was beginning to feel stuck with my process and feeling low on ideas and intuitive painting seemed like a good way to move forward”.

“Celestial Bodies” by Carla Golembe

“At first I was disoriented and kind of shocked by the approach and what was emerging on my canvas.  To be sure, this kind of play with paint was a lot of fun, but was this ME?  How was I going to reconcile these random marks with my carefully constructed, though whimsical and stylized, paintings”?

” Devi” by Carla Golembe

“Then my inner muse took over.  By that I mean, the core of who I am as an artist.  The mark making became multilayered underpainting, a freer and more complex type of underpainting than what I had worked with before. Once I built up very rich complex layers of colors I sketched my figures on top of these backgrounds with chalk.  Some canvases suggested their ideas to me while other pieces came from images I wanted to explore”.

“Mari di Sogni” by Carla Golembe

“Once my figures were in place I began to work with the interplay of image and background, under layers and over layers, taking away and adding in.  In the paintings I’ve balanced the structure and figures that I love with the spontaneity of creating marks with tools other than brushes and allowing the backgrounds to evolve around the figures. Birds, plants and other forms from nature continue to play a large part in the imagery. I’ve started using more glazing technique to create depth and richness”.

“Skyward” by Carla Golembe

She explains, “My new process is a blend of intention and intuition.  It’s not a radical change, just a way to move forward and have more fun.  I’ve fallen in love with painting all over again.  I continue to paint beauty, joy and harmony because that is what I want to put out to the world”.

For more information about Carla and her artistry, please visit:

www.carlagolembe.com

or

https://www.facebook.com/carlagolembe.painterillustrator

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