Earthly Delights

art by Carolyn Rose

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I had 'drawn’ for years and yet stopped for twenty years or so, caught up in the triviality of life. It was not until personal catastrophe overtook me that I picked up my paintbrush, unfamiliar object that it was, and painted my first painting. The word ‘Epiphany’ comes to mind. Rather like the idiot savant I had become, painting my concerto. People would ask me from time to time, why I had stopped drawing. I had felt so trapped by the lines —the paint freed me up.

I realized in the scope of one painting, I had my own style, my own way of expression. I know that there are so many who are academically far advanced than I in proportion and depth perception, yet I paint souls.

You will notice that I do not sign my name in the proscribed fashion of other artists. I do not like following the cookie-cutter examples of others. There is a rose painted into each of my paintings, which is a challenge in and of itself, investing hours into blending it into the theme of my work. I use my initials to form: CMy, and the Rose.

So, you see, I do not personally identify ‘who’ I am in my work; rather just a symbol that I was 'there.’