Recognized
as one of the country’s foremost watercolorists, Carolyn Brady
demonstrates her beguiling and masterful orchestration of light,
color, form, texture, and perspective in the richly hued August
Breakfast/Maine. In Ms. Brady’s realistic and sophisticated
still life, a serene intimacy suffuses the geometric interplay between
indoor and outdoor imagery. A pitcher of casually arranged wildflowers,
crisply rendered in luxurious golden yellows and verdant greens,
contrasts with liquid and mysterious blues and purples captured
in a grid-like background. The foreground’s concave and convex
forms with smooth, craggy and undulating surfaces, juxtaposed with
the subdued and delicate lace tablecloth, enhance this virtuoso
display of Brady's artistic and compositional abilities.
For over 25 years, the Oklahoma-born (1937-2005) Ms. Brady, was
based in Baltimore. She exhibited extensively throughout the United
States and Japan. Her works are included in significant public and
private collections, among them the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York; the St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri; the J.B. Speed Art
Museum, Louisville, Kentucky; and the Tampa Museum of Art, Florida.
Ms.
Brady received her BFA and MFA from the University of Oklahoma
and taught at the University of Missouri.
Special
Information: 17-color lithograph, numbered and signed
edition of 150, printed on Sommerset white, 100% rag paper
with hand torn deckled edge. Sold unframed. Comes with a
certificate of authenticity from the Smithsonian.
Image
Dimensions: 27½ x 37 inches
Paper
Dimensions: 27 ½ x 37 inches
Produced
by: Derriere L’Etoile Studios, New York