"Buddies" - sold "My friendships with these noble people brings a connection to the natural world that enlivens my art and enriches my life."

Carolyn Nelson Earth, Water, Fire, and Light As a life path colors the fragile threads of a personal tapestry -- Carolyn Nelson's life is woven with a depth of emotion in earthy hues that fires her passion and her art. Drawn to nature and native peoples, her work springs from her friendship with the Pima and Apache Indians of Mexico. Her paintings capture the strength and simplistic elegance of their lives and of the rugged beauty of their Sierra Madre Mountains. Carolyn's commitments here involve teaching canning, general mechanics, mathematics, first aid, and of course, drawing to the children. As an artist, teacher, fine art conservationist, and weaver, she has contributed her diverse skills in important public arenas; from the Frank Lloyd Wright Institute to the Revolutionary Museum at the University of Sonora and the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico. Now, when not in her beloved mountains, she directs the Sheepfold Studio in Lake Park, Florida where she paints, teaches, lectures, and manages her expanding professional career.

The Source of My Art Today, my work comes from my deep connection with the native peoples of the Sierra Madre. The emotions and experiences of being among them seems to blend with my early foundation in European Impressionism and forms itself like tapestry, rich in color and tactile sensation. I want to convey the depth and beauty of their lives within the primitive and stark lifestyle that their rugged mountains demand. They and their way of life invigorates my spirit and infuses my art. There is a vibrant and heroic peoples here, who's heritage and gracious way of life is now in peril. The Sheepfold Gallery 9 Gallery One Plaza 1169 Old Dixie Highway Lake Park, FL 33404 561-625-4264 Email to: uz4moi@aol.com Lighthouse Gallery - Tequesta, FL Roberto's - Palm Beach, FL Society of the Four Arts - Palm Beach, FL Gallery One - Lake Park, FL Coppermann's Gallery - Juno, FL Scottsdale Arts Center - Scottsdale, AZ Windrush Galleries - Sedona, AZ World Trade Center - Los Angeles, CA . . . Solo exhibition for the 1994 Olympics Mardi Gras Galleries - Laguna Beach, CA The Crafters Guild - Torrance, CA Palm Beach Atlantic College - Palm Beach, FL Kenyatia University - Nairobi, Kenya University of Sonora - Sonora, Mexico Getty Oil Company Rockwell International Aerojet Corporation McDonnell Douglas Ed Mitchell - Apollo astronaut M/m. H. C Summers - Atlanta, GA Mrs. C. Thomas - Toronto, Canada Mrs. E. McKee - Phoenix, AZ M/m. H. Blessmann - Muleim Ruhr, Germany M/m. K. Kristensen - Borgannes, Iceland M/m. Juan Pascoe - Tucson, AZ Jon Whorton - San Angelo, TX Peter Harris - London, England Peter Bernhard - Norwalk, CN Will Hays - Midland, TX The Sheepfold Studio 1169 Old Dixie Highway - Studio 9 Lake Park, FL 33404 561-625-4264 Email to: uz4moi@aol.com

Monday's Wash Day SOLD Antonio's Prize Cats Cradle Cascade del Baesaeschic He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Carolyn's Portfolio
		Monday's Wash Day oil on canvas 16"x20" for sale
Antonio's Pride oil on canvas 16"x20" SOLD
		Cats Cradle oil on canvas 22"x28" for sale
Cascade del Baesaeschic oil on canvas 30"x40" for sale
		He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not oil on canvas 28"x22" for sale

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