CARRIE GARROTT
ABOUT THE ARTIST
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Carrie Garrott is an artist and educator living and working in Collin County Texas. She has always had a curiosity and love for the natural world. She designs with elements found in nature, predominantly botanicals and insects. She strives to capture the idea of fragility and ephemerality in her work by drawing attention to the delicate vulnerability of her subjects and materials.Carrie's artwork has been included in various publications worldwide including “Dreaming Jewelry” and “The Art of Jewelry: Paper Jewelry”. Her work is included in private and public collections, most notably the Museum of Art and Design in New York, NY and the Racine Art Museum in Racine, Wisconsin.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
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The Chimera series is a group of four watercolors I painted specifically for the Ro2Art Chaos show. It includes four small butterfly paintings on a clean white background reminiscent of specimens in an entomological collection. The butterflies themselves are based on insects with the rare condition “bilateral gynandromorphism” which presents as an organism having physical characteristics of both male and female, one on either side of the form. The contrasts between some male and female butterflies are visually dramatic and create a striking and unique image when merged.
At its core my work is about “life”; Defined as: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings. My work is not just about human life but all life. I am especially interested in the delicate nature of life, its brevity and fragility. I hope to capture some of the delicacy and impermanence of life within my work; I feel that (because of their fragile forms) flowers and insects express this well. |
