CAROLYN
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Carolyn Brady,
Bean House with Red Chopsticks, 2003,
watercolor on paper, 35 x 52 inches
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In
the BEANHOUSE, RED CHOPSTICKS Brady takes a gutsy step; a new vision visits
her tablescape inviting the viewer into a summer lunch. The image is bathed
in light, warm greens dance throughout the composition, some in the foreground
function like a screen; others in the background are tapestry-like, densely
woven, real yet abstract. As with all Brady-scapes, the watercolor is organized
architecturally, a circle or ellipse within a rectangle sets the tone for
the composition. Another circle of leaves provides an opening-a window of
nature-onto the table dressed in a bright white cloth with red and blue
flowers, revealing a square of red chopsticks and Chinese blue and white
tableware. Circles, squares, rectangles are at the core of all of Brady's
compositions. Her mastery is in the handling of it all, the organic takes
over, and the texture of each object, living or inanimate is believable.
When do we pause in real-life moments to appreciate the angle of light on
a picnic table, the freshness of a cloth in the summer sun, the harmony
of primary colors in nature? Brady heightens our awareness in her watercolor.
Among her most complex works, one needs time to discover the entire BEANHOUSE
watercolor; it does not reveal itself quickly. The eye continues to move
around the painting, the artist's own "secret garden," a private
moment Brady generously shares.
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Central
Park is celebrating its 150th birthday this summer. Designed in 1853 by
Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux the Park took 16 years to build.
At a news conference on April 29, Mayor Bloomberg said:"It is our front
yard. It is our picnic spot; it is our playground, our nature preserve,
our band shell, our field of dreams. It is truly a democratic space where
people of every race and background can mingle freely."
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The
150 year birthday will be celebrated all year with a 24 hour extravaganza
planned for July 19 including concert, fireworks, bike race. In honor of
this birthday The Central Park Conservancy invited 40 artists to paint park
benches. Each artist received a raw wood bench and was given complete freedom
with her/his creation. Carolyn Brady is one of the invited artists who created
the bench you see on the screen, adding a garland of carved leaves to animate
its back. The funds raised from the proceeds of bench sales will continue
the maintenance, upkeep and beautification of the heart of New York City.
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Carolyn Brady,
White Hydrangea/Maine, 2002,
watercolor on paper, 31 x 45 inches
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Carolyn Brady,
Red Raspberry Hydrangea/New York, 2001,
watercolor on paper, 22 x 30 inches
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Carolyn Brady,
Grand White Flower Bouquet/New York, 2001,
watercolor on paper, 52 x 35 inches
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Carolyn Brady,
Early Summer Dinner/Maine, 2001,
watercolor on paper, 26 x 40 inches
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Carolyn Brady,
Orchid on a Box/Roland Park, 2001,
watercolor on paper, 43 x 52 inches
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Carolyn Brady,
Orange, Lemon, Violet, Rose/Roland Park, 2001,
watercolor on paper, 26 x 37 inches
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Carolyn Brady,
Green Dot Jug with Sunflowers/Maine, 2001,
watercolor on paper, 30 x 22 inches
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Carolyn Brady,
Poppies and Bagels/New York, 2001,
watercolor on paper, 30 x 20 inches
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