WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?


SOUNDINGS: is the  newest series of Riverscapes playing with the idea of sonic underwater imaging of topography, trade winds, seasonal flows and benthic mapping of the Hudson River bottom. Think of visualizing the unseen river bottom as a landscape. Most of the titles for these paintings come from the weather and depth measurements journal written by Robert Juet who sailed on the ship The Half Moon in 1609 with Henry Hudson during its historic explorations of Americas First River. We are about to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the exploration of the Hudson River. My hope is that these works will help get the public thinking about the Hudson as something living and continue to help in it's cleanup. The beauty of the river is not just on the surface. There is a whole world to explore beneath the surface too.

DSC00662.JPGMy paintings evolve in multiple layers using bits of recycled materials like found bugs, mis-mixed latex house paint,  ground glass, and drywall compound and candy boxes glued into cut canvas with interference and oil paints embedded in layers of resin, crackle mediums and colored wax. Textures, cracks and other patinas are an important facet of my work and give the pieces a sort of history or story for the viewer to create. The boxes are meant to make you feel as if you are digging through time.

Some of the stories and legends I reference in my work are true or based mostly in truth with history revising them over generations. Others begin in reality but end with a playful twist from my own imagination. While these paintings are about the Hudson River, the story is a universal one. Life, communities, industry instinctively begin along a waters edge.

 
CONTACT INFORMATION
CARLA GOLDBERG
email: artchick@bestweb.net
contact website: www.carlagoldberg.30art.com
Studio: 63 Pearl Street
Nelsonville, NY 10516 

 


 
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