My work presently is made with watercolor paints, crayons, and pencils on sized watercolor paper. I work spontaneously and intuitively. There isn’t a preconceived idea of results but more of a reaction to what I’m watching between pigment and water. The shapes and relationships that come out of my observations and reactions tend to be organically based and abstract. The balancing of energy through movement is central to my work. Because of my performance background as an actor, my work feels the most alive when I’m making it. The paintings I make feel like a improvisational collaboration between myself and the materials.

BIO:

Alyn Carlson is a visual and performing artist and graphic designer who has made a home and studio for the last three decades in a 100 year old church in Westport, MA. She has lived, made art, theater and children in Nobleboro, MA, Ashville, NC and Berkley, CA. She finds plenty of inspiration from paper scraps, her free range chickens, poetry, Paul Clancy’s photography, light late in the day, grandson Levi’s stories, Scandinavian textiles, the color blue, a good long bike ride and letter forms.

Alyn studied at the Swain School of Design and the Rhode Island School of Design. For further inquiries please contact the gallery at 508.992.5231 or kate@crowellsfineart.com