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"Life is short, use color!"
"Life is an onion and one peels it crying." -- French proverb
Escapism. Defying time. Serenity and solace. Reliving and recalling treasured moments. These are the reasons I paint and produce artwork. The acts of creativity are surely some of the most pleasant and yet difficult of all experiences. Color and form are my special friends. The challenge of perfecting the artwork is monumental and exhilarating. This effort has grown to be both friend and family, which are the two most important aspects of my life.
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I have always been enthralled with fine art but have been largely self-taught in it. Being an experimenter and, I am told by a teacher, an intuitive learner, I have benefited from studying books, visiting museums and galleries around the world, and by learning various painting techniques from several friends and relatives who are artists. I have studied with Clive Tyler, the pastelist, and have taken oil painting classes with Daniel Edmondson. My favorite media are glass paintings, soft pastels and oil paints (using the palette or painting knife, in addition to cooking utensils).
J.M.W. Turner, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Cezanne -- all have had an incredible influence on my perception of fine art and I admire each of them greatly. My style of art might be called "abstract realism", an oxymoron in its own right. I tend to relive my memories of the landscapes, flowers, food, and skies that I have witnessed and studied as I paint them. Some of my favorite contemporary artists are Larry Horowitz, Ovanes Berberian, Sibyl Stork, Daniel Edmondson, and Clive Tyler.
While traveling in Italy, I came upon an extraordinary artist who paints directly onto glass and who has, even though I have never met him in person, had an incredible influence on my life -- Massimo Cruciani. I have adapted his glass painting techniques using my own subject matter -- landscapes, florals, skies, other experimental notions. The transparency and the opaqueness of the specially formulated paints have a stained glass effect -- I thoroughly enjoy working on glass!
In 2003 I was honored to win the Ninth Annual Northern Colorado Artists Association (NCAA) "Paint the Town" First Place Award and in late 2004 the Edgar Degas Pastel Award from the Colorado Coalition of Artists (CoCOA) National Fall Show.
I am presently represented in Colorado in the following galleries: Meko's Gallery (Fort Collins); Artique Fine Art (Denver); Earthwood Collections (Estes Park, prints only); Grand Lake Art Gallery (Grand Lake). EsScentuals displays some of my miniature paintings with a French or Italian theme. Recently I was invited to display my wine country paintings at three wine stores in Colorado, Wilbur's Wine and Spirits in Fort Collins and CityWine and Happy Canyon Wine and Spirits in Denver.
Prints of mainly pastel works plus several oil works are available on-line at www.fineprintcollection.com/artists/karlanolan, provided by Fine Print Collection, partnered with ASID (American Society of Interior Decorators).
I have also been an active member of CoCOA (Colorado Coalition of Artists), the NCAA (Northern Colorado Artists Association), the Pastel Society of Colorado, and the Colorado Jewish Artists Guild, as well as other art groups. An article appeared in NextNC (www.nextnc.com) regarding my artwork the summer of 2006. NextNC appears weekly in Fort Collins, Greeley, and Loveland, Colorado.
For over 22 years I have lived with my wonderful and supportive husband and two lovely daughters in Fort Collins, Colorado. I enjoy travelling all over the country and to Europe, but love to return to the bright blue skies and red soil of my birthplace, Colorado.
For more biographical information or to view my resume, please feel free to contact me. I can also send you digital images of art pieces not shown on my website, should you like.
Commissions are also gladly accepted.
RECENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS:
2009:
March - Featured artist, Paintings on Glass, Meko's Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
2008:
September - Invited participant, Richard Schmid Auction, Rist Canyon, Colorado
March - Solo show (juried) National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
2007:
November - Chanukah Fair, Congregation Har Shalom,
Fort Collins, Colorado
November - Invited participant, Northern Colorado Aids Project (NCAP), Fort Collins, Colorado
September - Invited participant, Richard Schmid Auction,
Rist Canyon, Colorado
June - Invited participant, Wine Fest, Fort Collins, Colorado
May - Flora de Mayo, Rembrandt Yard, Boulder, Colorado
April - Solo Show, Sarasvati Fine Arts Gallery, Loveland, Colorado
March-April - Solo Show, La Luz, Fort Collins, Colorado
February-March - Invited participant, Fort Collins Museum
of Contemporary Art Masks Exhibit
2006:
December - Chanukah Fair, Congregation Har Shalom,
Fort Collins, Colorado
November - Northern Colorado Aids Project Fundraiser
participant, Fort Collins, CO
June - Invited participant, Wine Fest, Fort Collins, Colorado
May/June/July - Solo Show, Whole Foods, Fort Collins, Colorado
April -Taste of the Nation Fundraiser, Fort Collins, Colorado
April - The Vault, Colorado Coalition of Artists (CoCOA) Group Show,
Fort Collins, Colorado
March - CoCOA Artathon participant, Fort Collins, Colorado
2005:
October - Northern Colorado Artists Association (NCAA) Paint the Town Exhibit, Fort Collins, Colorado
September - November, Two person art exhibit, Coopersmith's, Fort Collins, Colorado (with my father, Alfred Koppel, pastelist)
September - Richard Schmid Art Auction, Rist Canyon, Colorado
June - La Piazza d'ell Arte, Larimer Square Artists Association, Denver, Colorado
May - August - Serioz, Oil and Pastel Paintings, Denver, Coloraod
May - Celebration of Colors, NCAA, Fort Collins, Colorado
March - April - Stella's on South Pearl, New Pastel Works, Denver, Colorado
February - Solo Show, Centennial Fine Art Galleries, Fort Collins, Colorado
January - March - Two person show, Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce, Fort Collins, Colorado
2004:
September - Fort Collins MOCA Studio Tour, Fort Collins, Colorado
July - August - La Via dell'Arte, Fort Collins, Colorado
May - National COCOA Spring Show, Fort Collins, Colorado (Edgar Degas Pastel Award)
May - Pastel Society of Colorado Spring Show, Evergreen, Colorado
May - Celebration of Colors, NCAA Show, Fort Collins, Colorado
March - April - 17th Annual Estes Park Women's History Month Art Exhibition, Estes Park, Colorado
February - Solo Show, Cache Bank and Trust, Fort Collins, Colorado
January - February - Invited participant, Faces in the Crowd, Fort Collins, MOCA, Fort Collins, Colorado
2003:
December - Pastel Society of Colorado Art Show, Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado
November - Creative Spaces Show, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
October - Pastel Society of Colorado Annual Show, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado
September - Fort Collins MOCA Studio Tour, Fort Collins, Colorado
September - NCAA Ninth Annual Paint the Town, Fort Collins, Colorado (First Place Award)
COLLECTIONS:
Private collections (U.S., Canada, France, Wales)
Physicians' offices, Denver, Fort Collins, Colorado)
TEAM Fort Collins, Colorado
COMMISSIONS:
2002 - Miller residence, four mixed media landscapes
2003 - Zeller residence, five foot diameter silk-on-glass seascape table
AFFILIATIONS past and present:
Artists Assembled
Colorado Coalition of Artists (COCOA)
Colorado Jewish Artists Guild (CJAG)
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art (FCMOCA)
Northern Colorado Artists Association (now AANC)
Pastel Society of Colorado
AWARDS AND HONORS:
2003 - Ninth Annual NCAA "Paint the Town", First Place Award
2004 - First National COCOA Show, Edgar Degas Pastel Award
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
"Artist Spotlight", Fine Print Expressions, August 2008.
"Inedible creations", June 14, 2006, Next NC, Fort Collins-Greeley, Colorado
"Local artist finds new joys painting silk", April 27, 2001, The Coloradoan, Fort Collins, Colorado
PRESENTATIONS:
Northern Colorado Artists Association, October 2003: "Methods in silk and mixed media art".
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