About Me
Corrie Carpenter - "Marbles"* - 2022
Pastel on paper - Horror Vacui
15 x 15 inches
ARTIST STATEMENT
My name is Corrie Carpenter as an artist I strive for realism and depictions that are recognizable to everyone. I see art in everything in the world around us. I am not always inspired by a conceptual theme as I see beauty worthy of portrayal in everything in the world as it can become portrayed as a piece of art. I am drawn to still life, landscape, wildlife, and people not just in portrait but also in doing everyday things. Creating is in my soul and is my being, putting a medium to a surface and depicting anything is an incredible process every time, as is any creative process for me. I just love and live to create and believe if you can imagine it, I can create it.
My name is Corrie Carpenter as an artist I strive for realism and depictions that are recognizable to everyone. I see art in everything in the world around us. I am not always inspired by a conceptual theme as I see beauty worthy of portrayal in everything in the world as it can become portrayed as a piece of art. I am drawn to still life, landscape, wildlife, and people not just in portrait but also in doing everyday things. Creating is in my soul and is my being, putting a medium to a surface and depicting anything is an incredible process every time, as is any creative process for me. I just love and live to create and believe if you can imagine it, I can create it.
Quotes, I admire:
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
Pablo Picasso
“To paint is the most terrific thing that there is, but to do it well is very difficult.”
Frida Kahlo
“Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.”
Salvador Dali
“An artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have but that he – for some reason – thinks it would be a good idea to give them.”
Andy Warhol
BIO
Corrie Carpenter was born and raised in Sudbury Ontario. She was one of the charter members opening year students in the then new Performing Arts program at Sudbury Secondary Highschool. There she took part in all forms of art including Dance, Music and Visual Fine arts and started her journey towards a philosophy in which everything can be art. As a mother of three and former Early Childhood Educator creativity took on other forms, group children art activities, creative baking and decorating, and any creative explorations she could learn on her own. When Covid came and the world changed so did Corrie’s life and with a loss of work decided there was not going to be another time like this to follow a dream, so entered the Fine Arts Advanced program at Georgian College and has shown significant effort and grades worthy of the Dean’s list nearing the end of her third and final year.
Corrie Carpenter was born and raised in Sudbury Ontario. She was one of the charter members opening year students in the then new Performing Arts program at Sudbury Secondary Highschool. There she took part in all forms of art including Dance, Music and Visual Fine arts and started her journey towards a philosophy in which everything can be art. As a mother of three and former Early Childhood Educator creativity took on other forms, group children art activities, creative baking and decorating, and any creative explorations she could learn on her own. When Covid came and the world changed so did Corrie’s life and with a loss of work decided there was not going to be another time like this to follow a dream, so entered the Fine Arts Advanced program at Georgian College and has shown significant effort and grades worthy of the Dean’s list nearing the end of her third and final year.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - Scholarship Show - Georgian College - Barrie, ON
2022 - Scholarship Show - Georgian College - Barrie, ON
2023 - The Lives Within - Georgian 6, 3rd year class - The Cloud Gallery - Orillia, ON
2021 - Unmasked - 2nd Year Art Students - Georgian College Gallery - Barrie, ON
2022 - Hot off the Press - Georgian College Print show - Barrie, ON
2021 - Scholarship Show - Georgian College - Barrie, ON