Stretched Canvas

Modern Lines

Contemporary White

Natural Clear Maple

Unframed print




Billie Carter, Chicago, Illinois
Member Since December 2008
Artist Statement Motivated by the fleeting impressions of ordinary faces, events, and objects I encounter everyday I often depict apparently uninteresting things just as they lay, and try to express in my art that unique quality about it that caught my eye. I find myself repeatedly attracted to items handmade from natural resources, attracted by their balance, line, and rhythms. I am intrigued by nature’s lingering expression in everyday objects, a carved stone, a wooden toy, a marble box, or a clay bowl. However I am not limited to those, the brightly colored fabric of a dress, the softly curved neck of a sleeping baby, or the light reflected from a rain puddle are just as likely to attract my attention and elicit a noteworthy response. I try to express that elusive, flickering, quality in the contemporary imagery of my work, to bind beauty, holding it trapped and echoing in the mind as does a lovely poem, a truthful phrase, or a brilliant idea.

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