painting – Bonnie Carlson

It was great to see all the colorful art at this short-lived show. Almost immediately after the opening night, the pandemic hit. The art stayed up for months and months in a closed building as we all retreated to the safety of our homes. Glenview Mansion remained closed, and eventually all of the exhibited artists did a drive-up pick up of our art… everyone masked and nervous and still so unsure. It was an interesting time, and it continues still, two years later, though with somewhat less fear and a better understanding of how to stay safe and keep others safe around us, but still far fewer public shows. I’m still glad I had the opportunity to show my art at this, my first show, and value the experience, but, oh my that pandemic!

About The Artist

Bonnie Carlson was born in New York City in 1963. She has lived, worked and traveled throughout America and around the world, especially in Western and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and South Asia. Her subjects are often drawn from iconic scenes from her travels, filtered through early visual memories of the posters, signs, ads, comics, album covers, and graffiti of 60s and 70s urban America. She paints abstracts, cityscapes, landscapes, and portraits in acrylic on paper and canvas. Bonnie takes the complex and renders it in a spare, graphic style with dark, inked outlines and bold colors drawn from the brightest pallets of her travels. Her work is inspired by Fauvism, Pop Art, Street Art and Art Brut.

Bonnie now calls Washington, D.C. and Damariscotta, Maine home.

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