The Artworks of Carol Coates on Trendy Art Ideas

In my rural babyhood home, there was footling tolerance or trust of those who were dissimilar. I was disturbed by the unjust and narrow points of view of family, friends, and acquaintances.

All of my work relates to the issues of perception and choice. Our points of view are based on beliefs and assumptions equally much as on fact (or in spite of fact).

While creating sculptures at Anderson Ranch in Colorado, I created some fanciful 'eyewear' using found scrap metallic parts. I used tig and mig welding and cold connection techniques to put them together. I never showed them; just felt compelled to create them. A series called "MindsEye" was conceived years after creating this 'eye wear'. Information technology was a divergent stride from the previous series called "Dissonance", for which I created characters in strange situations.

As a sculptor/lensman/painter, I chose to incorporate the 'eyewear' concepts in new 'portraits' of invented characters. They were characters that some might detect somewhat strange. Viewers are asked to become aware of their responses to these characters and to question whether their responses are based on fact, belief, or assumption. The paintings are either oil, acrylic, or mixed media on canvas or wood panels.

I've recently created a children's book called "MindsEye" based on this series. It'due south for children seven and older. It asks how our preconceptions and imaginations might influence our beliefs about others. It's the kind of volume that I wish had been around friends, family, and acquaintances in my youth. It's my hope that it will influence the readers to question their showtime impressions. At that place is increasing intolerance and distrust of any who are unlike. The diverse characters presented here are simply a few from the book and from this ongoing series.

I recently moved my studio from Santa Iron, NM to Fort Myers, Florida. I'm represented past Walker Fine Art in Denver, Lois Lambert Gallery in LA, and past HW Gallery in Naples, Florida. My website is carolcoates.com and my Instagram page is @ccoatesart

MindsEye IX mixed media painting by Carol Coates \ MindsEye XVI acrylic media on canvas by Carol Coates \ MindsEye IV Mixed media painting by Carol Coates \ MindsEye III mixed media painting on canvas by Carol Coates

\ MindsEye II Mixed media painting by Carol Coates \ Contemporary artwork by Coates Carol \ MindsEye VI mixed media painting by Carol Coates \ MindsEye XII Acrylic paint on Belgian linen by Carol Coates \ MindsEye XV oil on canvas by Carol Coates \ MindsEye XVII acrylic media on canvas by Carol Coates