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Carolyn Finnell "Come out to Play" 11 x 14 oil
| The body of my work comprises two main areas,
Portraiture and Still Life. In both I seek to accomplish a similar
goal. Not just to achieve a likeness or accurate representation, but
to communicate attitude and personality and establish a connection
with the viewer. Most of my still life works are intimate paintings of everyday subject matter favoring bold, saturated color and simplicity over complexity in composition. I aim for an exuberant articulation of the ordinary. I’m always looking for the ways the subjects relate to each other, and how that is a metaphor for our human relationships. Whimsy plays a large part, particularly in the titles. A lifelong reader of literature great and small, I’ve a storehouse of associations vying for expression. I revel in the tension between order and chaos and the battle between reverence and irreverence which occurs in every piece. Working precisely loose (an oxymoron if there ever was one), I paint from the inside out. Though I work quite deliberately my unconscious is the undisputed boss. Painting is not a job, a career, a profession, a vocation or a calling. Painting is Life. Howard Thurman said, “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
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