About Kathy Carney
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Education
1969 - 1973
University of Arizona
1965 - 1968
Corcoran Museum of Art
Awards
2018
Honorable Mention
2014
Best of Show
2008
Best of Show
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Event: 85th Annual Statewide Landscape Show
Dates: 1 Jun 2016 - 15 Jul 2016
The first Santa Cruz Art League Statewide Exhibition was held in 1928. For nine decades, the Santa Cruz Art League’s Statewide Landscape Exhibition has showcased the work of artists who depict California’s foothills, mountains, seashores, and deserts of the interior and coastal regions. In 2019 the Santa Cruz Art League celebrated its centennial year.
I won honorable mention for my Reef painting.
Event: The Blue Show
Dates: 1 Apr 2015 - 30 May 2015
This was an worldwide, online juried show for painting with a blue theme. My Reef painting was selected to be in the show.
Event: Local Essence
Dates: 1 Sep 2014 - 25 Sep 2014
This was a show held for members of the art league. My work was voted best of show and I was given a solo show in the adjoining gallery.
Event: Beasts on Broadway
Dates: 1 Sep 2013 - 30 Sep 2013
This was an animal themed show. It was a lot of fun seeing the entries! I entered a painting of Dogs At The Picnic. I sold my entry too:)
Event: Art in the Library Program
Dates: 1 Apr 2010 - 30 Apr 2010
Each year the city of Napa and the library choose artists to show their work in the main library. They help support the local artists as well as introduce patrons to the art scene.
Event: Painting Large
Dates: 1 Jun 2009 - 15 Jul 2009
This juried show was limited to large, oversized paintings. I entered a painting of the Napa Valley from Stevenson Sate Park.
Event: Au Natural: the Nude in the 21st Century
Dates: 1 Jun 2009 - 30 Jun 2009
My large charcoal drawing of the "Contemplative Warrior" was selected for this juried nationwide competition.
Event: Spring Obsession
Dates: 1 Apr 2009 - 15 May 2009
Ironstone vineyards holds an annual juried show every spring. The vineyard has extensive venue for musical and art events.
Event: The American Landscape
Dates: 1 Apr 2009 - 1 May 2009
Juried show of landscape artist open to all states.
Event: Sacred Women Exhibition
Dates: 1 Feb 2006 - 28 Feb 2006
My painting of Three Girls was accepted in this juried show open to women artists in California.
Event: Celebrating the Goddess
Dates: 1 Jul 2004 - 31 Jul 2004
My painting of Three Girls was accepted in this juried show for the western states.
Event: Heart to Heart
Dates: 1 Feb 2004 - 28 Feb 2004
This was a juried show for a valentines exhibition.
Biography
My art has been described as surreal realism. My paintings are realistic in that they are a study of the effect of light and structure in landscapes or the figure. They follow the logic of realistic art, but there is always a dreamlike quality to the places and events. My art moves back and forth between reality and a dream.
The inspiration for my reef paintings came from talks with my son who has a degree in ecology and marine life. The reef fish are stunning in their beauty of color and design; painting them is like painting magical creatures.
I have been holding a figure drawing group in my studio and as a result I have been drawing as much as I paint. Sometimes the model will assume a pose which remind me of an archetypal figure. I later will turn these poses into large, finished drawings. There is usually an implied narrative which results in the process.
The most meaningful way of living my life is to love my family and friends and then be an artist. We moved our home and studios to Tucson, Arizona. I am now exploring and painting the Sonoran desert. The sky seems endless and the saguaros are my new landscapes.
