Piece description from the artist
This piece refers to the complications, complexities and excitement of our contemporary lives, themes that I touch on frequently in my work. I reference vintage toys to refer, gently, to the less complicated past. This imagery allows for a fun, upbeat assessment of today's world, while acknowledging our nostalgia for what's been lost. I collage and manipulate the drawings of the original images which are then cut up and reassembled. The final image is painted with oil on heavy gesso paper. Some of the painted elements are integrated into the painting by collaging them on to the final piece. This image is framed in an elegant, simple, white frame.
Carolyn Oberst originally pursued a career in NYC as a clothing designer and formed her own company specializing in women’s wear. She discovered a love of painting while creating her own fabrics using a brush with paints and dyes. This discovery inspired her to close her successful business in order to concentrate on fine art. She then studied painting and drawing at the Art Student’s League of NY and at the New York Studio School before setting up her own painting studio.
Carolyn's work has been shown in one person, two person and group shows in various galleries and venues in NYC and beyond. She has had solo exhibitions at the Willoughby Sharpe Gallery in NYC, the Margaret Bodell Gallery in NYC, and M55 Art in LIC, NY. Recent exhibitions include a major two-person show at the Vit Gallery in Seoul, S. Korea (2011).
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