Carol Denn

Carol Denn Open Studios Artist Trail Frome Festival 2011

2011-06-07T20:08:00.003+01:00

Carol Denn's artwork at the Frome 1st Sunday Catherine Hill Market

2011-06-07T20:06:00.000+01:00

Carol Denn's artwork at the Bristol Affordable Art Fair

2011-06-07T20:00:00.000+01:00

Special Place

2010-07-02T16:43:00.001+01:00

Carol Denn

Special Place

180 x 150 x 4 cm

cut linen over acrylic and gold collage on canvas

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In this work I cut the linen which when it falls over the stretched canvas it gives it a 3D quality. The gold collage shines in the light. The black canvas that peers through gives the whole thing depth. The scene depicts a forest with gold falling leaves.

Carol Denn Owl and the Rat Race

2010-05-13T11:59:00.003+01:00

Carol Denn

Owl and the Rat Race
73 x 65 x 4 cm
oil & mixed media on linen canvas

Detail: Gold collage windup Mouse with watch parts

This painting came about when I was thinking about how I spend my time as I am working for myself as an artist. What am I chasing? There is the free element of the owl flying and the time fleeing the scene. I like to mix painted elements with mixed media 2D pieces that give the piece low relief.

Carol Denn Worth Fighting For

2010-05-13T11:52:00.001+01:00

Carol Denn
Worth Fighting For

Boxing Hares fight over silver egg
oil, silver marker on linen canvas

40 x 51 x 2 cm unframed

51.7 x 61.5 x 4.5 cm framed

I was inspired by some stuffed boxing hares in a local museum for this painting. The English folklore behind boxing hares is that they were thought to have been witches. Why do hares box? What are they fighting for? What would be worth it? Here they are shown with an outline of a silver egg. Eggs are symbols of Easter, fertility and a silver egg symbolises the moon. The silver changes in the light depending where you stand in front of the painting. The sandy linen canvas shows through the paint.

Carol Denn Games

2010-05-13T11:48:00.001+01:00

Carol Denn

Games

61 x 46 x 4 cm

oil on linen canvas

This painting is inspired from Alice and Wonderland.

Alice playing flamingo croquet with hedgehogs.

I like the contrast of the flat stencil flamingo against the outline of alice. The spikes from the hedgehog suggest danger and invite the viewer to invent thier own narrative.

Carol Denn Forest Fashion

2010-05-13T11:35:00.001+01:00

Carol Denn

Forest Fashion
oil, silver and collage on linen canvas

101.5 x 76 x 4 cm

This is a self portrait depicting myself with antlers in a reference to nature and my American Indian roots. The collaged on men's shirt pattern is a reference to my putting on my business hat or shirt in this case by becoming a self employed artist. The transparency of the shirt pattern with the black text sits nicely against the sandy linen sealed with a clear sealer to prepare it for painting.

Carol Denn Rusty Crows

2010-05-13T11:33:00.001+01:00

Carol Denn

Rusty Crows acrylic stencil and metallic paint on linen canvas

122 x 91.5 x 4 cm

This painting was inspired by seeing a flock of crows take flight in a field and seeing their outline against the blue sky. The truck is a typical farm vehicle and a reference to my American heritage. The silver on this piece reflects in the light and the bright neon green paint suggest foliage. The sandy linen background is left bare to suggest the terrain.

Carol Denn Happiness Interrupted

2010-05-13T11:30:00.001+01:00

Carol Denn

Happiness Interrupted

oil, fabric, stencil, collage, studs on linen canvas

91.5 x 122 x 4 cm

This painted outline of a boy with his dog is taken from a family photo of my dad with his jack russell terrier in his front yard in 1950's USA. The studs on the dog's harness mirror the original image and add an element of low relief. Blue butterflies fill the kiddy pool, stencil suggests grass while the fabric gold stars suggest the cosmic or walls of a room.

Carol Denn Facing the World

2010-05-13T11:27:00.001+01:00

Carol Denn

Facing the World fabric, bee, oil on linen canvas

122 x 91.5 x 4 cm

This painting is a self portrait inspired from an old photo of myself dressed up for ballet. The outfit had a tassle tail and headdress to represent a horse. The roses are fabric. The straps are collaged on fortune cookies with messages. The bee's path loops leaving behind a collaged text about the future possibilites she could take. The bee is in low relief as is the paper flower in the hair of the girl depicted. The salmon and cool pink envelopes the girl in the way pink is thought of as for girls. The sandy linen is the empty space that the girl will step into at that age between childhood and adolescence.

Carol Denn Aqueduct White Rabbits

2010-05-13T11:19:00.001+01:00

Carol Denn

Aqueduct White Rabbits

acrylic and collage on linen

50 x 90 x 4 cm

Detail: Text on Aqueduct

This painting was inspired by the bus ride past a local roman aqueduct that has rabbits in the field. The text has contrasting words referring to what is urban, rural, city and nature. The collaged on white rabbits are taken from the financial listings referring to the economy.

Carol Denn Free as a Bird

2010-05-13T11:13:00.001+01:00

Carol Denn

Free as a Bird

4 canvases 30 x 40 x 4 cm each

oil, mixed media collage on canvas

This painting consists of four small canvases together. The birds are painted and collaged on. The gold collage reflects in the light. The tree branches make a silhouette which the graphic birds sit on. The golden cage is made with gold marker and a clear plastic sheet from which the black stencil bird takes flight. Some of the white birds have heart shaped beaks by leaving that space empty and letting the sandy linen canvas show through for a reference to love birds.