Governor's Gallery
Carolyn Faseler
Metamorphic Patterns
August 4 thru October 5, 2008
Norman artist Carolyn Faseler draws her inspiration from seemingly dissimilar styles of art in particular, Post-Impressionist Paul Cezanne and Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock. She loves the color palette of Cezanne and the spontaneity of Pollock.
In her exhibit, Metamorphic Patterns, Faseler uses the square and rectangle to construct images she sees near her home in Norman, scenes in books she has read, plus sketches and watercolors from her travels.
“I consider my first impression to be the most honest. I strive to create tension that I want to build up by combining geometric shapes with fast gesture marks. I spend many hours taking chances and in the process risk disaster. If strokes turn out to be wrong and indecisive, I get out the gesso and start again. This may take several tries but I keep going until I get the offending section right. Colors and shapes will change many times during a painting session. When everything works well together I know the painting is finished.”
As a teenager, Faseler thought she would be a fashion designer or illustrator. When she attended Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, commercial art was not offered but a fine arts program was. There she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and then her Masters degree from Fort Hays Kansas State in Hays, Kansas.
Coming from a military family, Faseler moved 20 times, always taking advantage of where the family was stationed by visiting her share of great museums. With all of that exposure to great art, Faseler discovered that her personality and experience determined her direction.
Her works of art have been exhibited in Chicago, Beaumont and Brownsville, Texas as well as numerous Oklahoma galleries. These include the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha; the Firehouse Art Center, the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History and Mainsite Gallery, Norman; Leslie Powell Gallery and the Museum of the Great Plains, Lawton; Norick Art Center, Oklahoma City University and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art; Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, as well as the David White Artists’ Colony, Colón, Costa Rica.
Sponsored by the Oklahoma Arts Council. For more information contact Amber Sharples at 405.521.2931 or amber.sharples@arts.ok.gov.
The Governor's Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of the State Capitol outside the Blue Room and is open Monday through Friday from 8:30-5:00.
Past Governor's Gallery Exhibits