Kristen Carleton | Calgary, AB Canada
My work takes on random, limitless, repetitive organic continuity, and thrives within the tedious and absurd to reveal hidden meditative qualities.
Concrete perspective is not to be assumed when it comes to the work's embodiment. I assume the perspective my paintings take on are always a 'could be'... could be topographic, could be underwater, could be inside the earth's crust, could be from a satellite, could be biological, micro or macro... this allows for versatility, unlimited ideas where there is no right or wrong, and room for the viewer to breathe. It's all about imagination.
I have been onto acrylic paint since 1999. I took my love for watercolor technique, and transformed it into acrylic, which tends to a longer shelf life. My prime focus with pumping out paintings, is that of spending inumerable amounts time alone, in quiet, where technology is more abstract than art. Here I am able to recharge and push forth enlightenment. Since a young child, I have always questioned and contemplated time. I have been painting since the age of four... to this day, each time I paint, I am no younger than I am now, and no older than I was then. In the absence of manufactured time, I imagine and pull all the cool paintings from the universe, that no one has invented yet! You'll SEE!
I graduated from the Alberta College of Art & Design (ACAD), in 2009 with a BFA in Fine Arts.
