BY MOONLIGHT

THE MAGICAL LANDSCAPES OF

CAROLINE BURDETT

OCT 31 - JAN 7

Pinkwater Gallery is pleased to present a show of work by artist Caroline Burdett, a visual artist living and working in Woodstock, New York. Having shown extensively in group exhibitions, this is her first solo show and Pinkwater Gallery is thrilled to be hosting these magical, surrealistic landscapes in our space at Kingston Social.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I make paintings rich with unconventional color and which represent my lived experience, with form acting as a jumping-off point for visual play and exploration. Images often include a landscape scene as their foundational form. My landscapes evolved from my earlier work with figures. Painting a scene on a canvas requires the rest of the world to be cropped out, a practice that requires me to zone in on an area and look at forms almost analytically, in terms of shape, line and texture.  The shape of  the cloud against the sky is the shape of the rock under water, is the shape of the shadow in the clavicle. The line of the mountain on the horizon is the line on a reclining figure’s hip and waist. I live in a place that vibrates with such a frequency, it turns every scene into something magical. The color I use is meant to transform depictions of earthly forms into otherworldly ones, conveying a sense of awe and wonder of this world to the viewer.