Through NowShowing organized by ArtsKC.org, I have various works are on display at KTKL Attorneys in Overland Park, Kansas until January 2017.
Monday, November 28, 2016
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Artwork on display at Haas & Wilkerson until the end of June 2016
HAAS & WILKERSON INSURANCE
4300 Shawnee Mission Pkwy, Fairway, KS
4300 Shawnee Mission Pkwy, Fairway, KS
April,
May, and June 2016
JOHN DAVIS CARROLL
Artist Statement and Information
My
Landscape paintings question classifications of what is considered natural or
unnatural in our surroundings. My subject is often discovered along bodies of
water where forces of nature and human manipulation are accentuated. Industrial
engineering and organic process commingle at these sites, speaking of
humanity’s ongoing attempts to define, control or otherwise set aside a natural
world that is both omnipresent and inextricably linked to us through our mutual
efforts to encroach.
The still life paintings are inspired from
old Dutch master still life paintings from the 17th and 18th
centuries with a modern twist. This series started as good habits and bad
habits. Eventually they turned into mostly bad habits. After all, they are more
fun.
The ink gesture drawings in the training
room were done using a Japanese ink brush pen on paper during dance rehearsals
at the Carlsen Center located on the Johnson County Community College campus.
These drawings are an attempt to express the energy, tension and movement of
both the dance rehearsal session and my skills as a visual artist. In part, these drawings were inspired from a
trip to Mongolia with brief stops in South Korea and China. Visiting a Shaman’s “ger”
(a nomadic dwelling also known as a “yurt”) in the steppes of Mongolia, I had
the opportunity to see a woman demonstrate traditional Mongolian
calligraphy using ink and brush. To me, Mongolian script looks like a mixture
of Korean and Arabic writing. It has flowing lines and circles written in a
vertical format. Rather than duplicating or emulating this style, these
drawings are an exploration of a similar medium expressing modern dance.
Artwork is
available for purchase.
For inquiries,
contact the artist directly by email: johndaviscarroll@gmail.com or though his
website.
www.johndaviscarroll.com
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
"Gesture in the Theatre" Ink Drawings by John Davis Carroll
"Gesture
in the Theatre"
Ink
Drawings by JOHN DAVIS CARROLL
Opening:
Friday March 4th 2016
6pm – 9pm
THE LATE SHOW
1600 Cherry Kansas City, MO 64108
816.516.6749
816.516.6749
"Rehearsal S5" 8 1/2" x 5
1/2" Ink on Paper
Artist
Statement
These ink gesture drawings were done using a Japanese ink brush pen on paper during dance rehearsals at the Carlsen Center located on the Johnson County Community College campus in 2014 and 2015. One of my favorite aspects of life drawing is how one expresses the emotion of movement of the human form. The expression of a fleeting moment took precedent over documenting the human form. It is an attempt to express the energy, tension and movement of both the dance rehearsal session and my skills as a visual artist. So, the abstract qualities are stronger in some of the drawings. They are representations of what I saw and felt at those moments as an artist. I see these gesture drawings as virtual collaboration with the dancers.
In part, these drawings were inspired from a trip to Mongolia with brief stops in South Korea and China. Visiting a Shaman's ger (yurt) in the steppes of Mongolia, I had the opportunity to see a woman demonstrate traditional Mongolian calligraphy using ink and brush. To me, Mongolian script looks like a mixture of Korean and Arabic writing. It has flowing lines and circles written in a vertical format. Rather than duplicating or emulating this style, my work is an exploration of a similar medium expressing modern dance.
Though most may know me as a landscape painter, I have had a long relationship with the human figure as an artist and teacher. When I was in graduate school at Parsons School of Design in NYC in the early 1990’s the primary subject matter was having live models 5 days a week for the 2 year program. I have been teaching drawing and painting at JCCC for 15 years and life drawing for the Masters in Theatre Design at UMKC for 14 years. In the title for this show Theatre is not a misspelling. Theater is a venue and the Theatre is an art form.
The artwork will be on display the month of March.
These ink gesture drawings were done using a Japanese ink brush pen on paper during dance rehearsals at the Carlsen Center located on the Johnson County Community College campus in 2014 and 2015. One of my favorite aspects of life drawing is how one expresses the emotion of movement of the human form. The expression of a fleeting moment took precedent over documenting the human form. It is an attempt to express the energy, tension and movement of both the dance rehearsal session and my skills as a visual artist. So, the abstract qualities are stronger in some of the drawings. They are representations of what I saw and felt at those moments as an artist. I see these gesture drawings as virtual collaboration with the dancers.
In part, these drawings were inspired from a trip to Mongolia with brief stops in South Korea and China. Visiting a Shaman's ger (yurt) in the steppes of Mongolia, I had the opportunity to see a woman demonstrate traditional Mongolian calligraphy using ink and brush. To me, Mongolian script looks like a mixture of Korean and Arabic writing. It has flowing lines and circles written in a vertical format. Rather than duplicating or emulating this style, my work is an exploration of a similar medium expressing modern dance.
Though most may know me as a landscape painter, I have had a long relationship with the human figure as an artist and teacher. When I was in graduate school at Parsons School of Design in NYC in the early 1990’s the primary subject matter was having live models 5 days a week for the 2 year program. I have been teaching drawing and painting at JCCC for 15 years and life drawing for the Masters in Theatre Design at UMKC for 14 years. In the title for this show Theatre is not a misspelling. Theater is a venue and the Theatre is an art form.
The artwork will be on display the month of March.
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