ART
A.E. BAckus MusEuM
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James F. Hutchinson:
Visionary Truths
February 21 - April 26, 2020
James F. Hutchinson (American, b. 1932). Hunters Camp, 2011. Oil on canvas,
36 x 40 in. Courtesy of the Artist. All rights reserved.
James F. Hutchinson in his studio
Opening Reception
March 13, 6-8 pm
Members Free, Not-Yet Members $20
Through the
Eye of
the Camera
Annual Juried
Photography
Exhibition
May 8 - June 19, 2020
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Carbonara also has turned her unerring eye to portraits of pets, like
this depiction of a golden retriever.
See more of Kathleen Carbonara’s art at
www.kathleencarbonarafineart.com
She was inspired by her Florida upbringing around the
water and swimming pools for yet another series.
“I have been painting ‘poolscapes’ for many years,” she
says. These large-scale underwater figure paintings initially
depicted the distortional effects of water and were light and
whimsical.
“My newer pieces are edgy and have a mysteriousness
about them,” she says. “They are definitely a departure in
look and feel.”
She browses thrift shops, looking for clothing and costumes
and then has volunteer models wear them underwater
in her backyard swimming pool. “I have a model underwater
wearing a gown and heels,” she says. She can’t wait to paint
another in a recent Goodwill find, a bridal gown and veil.
ANIMAL LOVER
Besides human portraits, the animal lover enjoys painting
portraits of pets. “Painting a pet is not that much different
from painting a person,” she says. “Hairier, maybe.”
“I love my family, dogs, friends, my home, gardening and
exercising … but in my studio I think I am happiest,” she
says. Right now, that studio happens to be her laundry room
in her Palm Beach home, downsized from her Winnetka studio
that took up one floor of her home.
“It’s really the best lighting in here,” she says, laughing
while she turns off the dryer. “That’s all I need.”
After 30 years as a professional artist, Carbonara, 60,
continues to push herself as an artist. She has not ruled out
returning to school to get her master’s in fine arts. Another
dream would be to be represented by a first-rate gallery. One
of her proudest moments was exhibiting along with her son,
Teddy, who is also an artist and is a graduate of the School of
the Art Institute in Chicago.
But her next portrait might very well be her own grandchild.
Her daughter is expecting her first child in April, and
Carbonara is looking forward to her new role as grandmother.
“I can’t even believe that,” she says. “Time flies, as they say.”
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