Carol McIntyre Artist...My passion is to create intimate paintings transporting you to another time and place ...to convey visual beauty with intrigue and depth. With my use of color, design, multiple layers and texture, I want to stir your senses and invite you to stop for a moment and allow your head and heart to go beyond the boundaries of the frame. Art reflects life, hence I love to juxtapose contrasts in my work - smooth verus rough, organic versus geometric, cool versus warm colors, etc. - to show that they can co-exist; in fact they can inspire each other.

Through my art, I want to inspire and enhance lives by bringing beauty, memories and serenity to your home and work environments..

Oils are my preferred medium, though I also work in pastels. I use a palette knife and the brush; going back and forth during the entire process.  Oils facilitate my exploration of color. Much like a musician, I choose a particular 'color chord' to convey harmony and unity throughout; this adds another interesting dimension as I play with contrasts. Here is a brief color story: In kindergarten I was asked to state my favorite two colors. I said, "Red and orange." When I got home my mother said I was very upset because the teacher had told me that red & orange did not go together. Even then I knew they were analogous colors (next to each other on the color wheel)!

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