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| Carole Garland, City of Light, Oil on canvas, 12 x 30" |
Carole Garland initially shunned Los Angeles when she made the move from Chicago. Disengaging from her environment, the pink stucco bungalows, palm trees at Christmas, and the horizontal city with too much sky, Garland was at odds with her surroundings. Over time however, she came to embrace the nuanced city, its neighborhoods with varied ethnicities and lifestyles, and DTLA: a frisson of drama between its disappearing history and the startling brand-new.
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| Carole Garland, Downtown From Above, Oil on canvas, 16 x 20" |
Garland’s newest exhibition,
I [Heart] LA, is comprised of dramatic oil paintings on canvas that capture the essence of Los Angeles and its brief and fragile history. The fleeting changes of downtown as it transitions from abandoned warehouses, forgotten neighborhoods, and broken down Broadway are caught in a kaleidoscope of impressionistic candor and contemporary realism.
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| Carole Garland, The Rosslyn, Oil on canvas, 16 x 13" |
Garland’s large works and cameo paintings remind us of the city’s historic architecture and its Los Angeles River. She bridges the nostalgia for the past and its faded memories with an edgy awareness of the present and the fast-arriving future.
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| Carole Garland, Raindrops, Oil on canvas, 14 x 11" |
August 29 – September 23, 2017
Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 9th, 5 – 8pm
Artist Panel Discussion:
Saturday, September 23, 3pm
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