Carolyn Wayland


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Carolyn Wayland


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"Wow! What wonderful expressions of the universe. I love it!"

"What the greatest minds have ultimately sought from art is knowledge, a true or 'metaphysical'  knowledge, capable of reaching beyond the external appearance of phenomena in order to lead us to their intimate essence"  

Michael Henry on Kandinsky

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just me...painting the cosmos

 

My paintings are about relating to the universe with all its wonders and its enigmas.  For both the viewer and the artist, I envision painting as  meditation.

My art is informed by eastern philosophy, specifically Buddhist and Theosophical teachings and a growing understanding of metaphysics.  One can allow the eye to travel throughout the painting, feel a connection to the energy that pervades the universe,  a sense of unity and harmony, a sense of the mystery that we are connected to and part of.  

A painting should have a resonance, vibration or vitality with which the viewer can connect.  My work is a reflection of the energy and beauty that surrounds us every moment, both seen and unseen, that which is within and without.  I want my works to have spirit rather than likeness and enjoy using the gestural brushstroke and certain universal symbols such as the circle  that express wholeness and life’s journey. 

  By connecting to the cosmos we feel a part of something greater.  There is “a sense of the luminous sacred that infuses the world” that draws and inspires me.


 

Artist Biography

 "Fluid color, the swift flow of brushstrokes by Carolyn Wayland provide an immediacy, a sense of present moment that frees and nourishes the viewer.”

                       

                       Virginia Hall Gallery and Studio




A quick gestural brushstroke and a color saturated palette are an integral part of Carolyn Wayland’s paintings.  The rest emerges from deep inside, her life experiences, and the esoteric side of life including Theosophical and Buddhist studies. 

 Carolyn’s inspiration comes directly from her passion for nature and her search for the truth.  As a west coast girl she spent many days in nature, first living in California, then working and living in  southern and central Oregon,  Orcas Island, Washington and back to California where she grew up. Currently, she lives in Guerneville among the majestic coastal redwoods of northern California.

While teaching in Oregon, she developed her knowledge and skills in art, obtaining a Masters degree in Art Education in order to teach high school for 18 years.  “Exposing students to the world of art and to their own creativity was foremost on my mind”, she says.  Before high school art, she taught at a public alternative school where the entire curriculum was based on the arts. In 1994 she was honored with the  “Oregon Art Educator of the Year” award.  

 In 2002 she and her husband moved to Orcas Island, Washington,  where they spent two years building their dream home and a garden and studio for Carolyn. After that creative endeavor she focused her knowledge and love or art into painting.  “Painting there was such a pleasure.  I had the deer and rabbits for company.”   She took oil painting classes on the island and acrylic painting classes off the island every summer.  “I loved being the student for a change, and I enjoyed banding together with a group of artists who were all deeply inspired by the work of Kandinsky, who himself studied Theosophy.  

This view of the world as interconnected and her Buddhist studies have transformed her work more and more to the idea of art as meditation, both for herself and for the viewer. While color and  energetic brushstroke are both integral to her painting, she attempts to convey concepts and meaning through her work. ”Wayland combines her singles stroke of a paint-loaded brush with a chromatic intensity reminiscent of Emile Nolde” says Gallery and Studio Magazine, New York.

Carolyn’s work is on the Lori Austin Gallery website, her website and on her Facebook page, carolynwaylandstudio.   In addition to the Lori Austin Gallery in Healdsburg and Art Gallery H in Tubac, Arizona, she has exhibited at the Monserrat Gallery in New York City, at numerous shows and art studio tours in Arizona and  Washington, and has sold work to various collectors in the west and midwest. Her works was featured in the fall of 2015 on the cover  and interior of “Quest” Magazine.  She is a member of the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, the Tubac Center for the Arts and RiverArts-Guerneville.  



Carolyn Wayland in Cuba!  
The  art and artists  there are amazing!

Carolyn Wayland in Cuba.  

"The  art and artists  there are amazing".

Artist resume

Awards and Honors

2016    Best In Show award, Tubac Center of the Arts
2000    Duchess Award for outstanding art educator, Maude Kearns Art Center, Eugene,  OR
1998    Oregon Art Educator of the Year award

Teaching Experience

"How Artists See", OLLI university extension prrogram, Green Valley, AZ 

Art instructor, Friday Harbor High School, Friday Harbor, WA, Orcas High School, Eastsound, WA
Art instructor, Churchill High School, South Eugene High School, Eugene, OR
Coordinator, Orcas Arts Education Project, Eastsound, WA
Coordinator, Getty Grant Project, Eugene School District, Eugene, Or

University of Oregon instructor, “Teaching Art in the Elementary Schools”, Eugene, OR

Education

 

University of Oregon M.A.  Art Education, Eugene, Oregon 1981
University of Oregon Secondary Art Credential, Eugene, Oregon 1988
Oakland University, M.A.T., Oakland, MI
University of California B.A., Comparative Literature, Berkeley, CA 1969

Arts Organizations

 River Arts, Guerneville, CA, steering committee

Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA

Tubac Center for the Arts, AZ, board member

Orcas Island Center for the Arts, WA,  board member

Oregon Arts Education association board member 

Current Galleries

Lori Austin Gallery, Healdsburg, CA 

Russian River Gallery, Guerneville, CA


Exhibitions

2022 Member's Open, Sebastopol Center of the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

2022  solo show, Lori Austin Gallery , Healdsburg, CA

2022  “Painting the Cosmos” solo show, Krotona Institute, Ojai, CA

2021 Member’s Open, Sebastopol Center of the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

2021  “Painting the Cosmos” solo show, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, 

2021 Member’s Open, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ 

2021  Starry Starry Night juried Show,Center of the Arts, Tubac AZ

2021  Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio, Tubac, AZ

2021  Hilltop Gallery, "A River Runs Through" show, Nogales, AZ

2021  Member's Juried, Tubac Arts Center,Tubac, AZ

2020  Member's Open, Tubac Arts Center, Tubac, AZ

2020  Tucson Contemporary Art Society Group Show, Tucson, AZ

2020  Painting the Cosmos solo show, Ojai,CA (postponed)

2020  Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio,Tubac, AZ

2020 Member's Open, Tubac Arts Center, Tubac, AZ

2020  Artists Then and Now Juried, Tubac Arts Center, Tubac, AZ

2020  Tubac Festival of the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2020  Carolyn Wayland Studio Party, Tubac, AZ

2019  Contemporary Art Society Annual Show, Tucson, AZ

2019  Member's Open, Tubac Arts Center Tubac, AZ

2019   Waterways juried show, Tubac Presidio, Tubac, AZ

2019  We Are Here juried Show, Tucson Airport, Tucson, AZ  

2018   TVAA First Annual Exhibit, Tubac, AZ

2018    Aqueous juried show, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2018    Member’s Juried Show, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2018   Member’s Open Show, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2018   Tubac Festival of the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2018   Member’s Juried Show, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2018   Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio, Tubac, AZ

2017   Tubac Art Center Member’s Juried Show, Tubac, Az

2017   Tubac Art Center, Member’s Open, Tubac, AZ

2017   19 juried show, Tubac Art Center, Tubac, AZ

2017    A Thousand Words juried exhibit, Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2017    SOLO SHOW, Tubac Arts Center, Tubac, AZ

2017   Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio Tour, Tubac, AZ

2017    Emerald Art Center juried show, Springfield, Oregon

2017   Art of Planetary Science show, Tucson, AZ

2017   Contemporary Art Society juried show, Tucson, AZ.

2017   Tubac Arts Center juried show, “ Aqueous”, Tubac, ZA 

2016    Tubac Arts Center Member’s Show, Best in Show award

2016    Tubac Arts Center Juried Aqueous Show, Tubac, AZ

2015    Tubac Art Center Member’s Show, Tubac, AZ

2015    Tucson Airport SOLO EXHIBIT, Tucson, AZ

2015    Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio Tour, Tubac, AZ

2015   “The Artist’s Journey”, Donna’s ,Tubac, AZ

2015    Southern Arizona Invitational Exhibition, Yuma, AZ

2015    Beyond Appearance, SOLO SHOW,  Virginia Hall Gallery, , Tubac, AZ

2014    Tubac Arts Center Member’s Show, Tubac, AZ

2014    Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio Tour, Tubac, AZ

2014    TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART, “The Arts Speak”

2014    Rare Earth Studio/Gallery, Tubac, AZ

2013    Inner Idea Artists Show, Monserrat Gallery, NYNY

2013    Tubac Arts Center Member’s Show, Tubac, AZ

2013    Orcas Island Studio Artist Tour, Orcas, WA

2013    Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio Tour, Tubac, AZ

2013    “Borders” juried exhibition, Tubac arts Center, Tubac, AZ

2012    “The Studio” Gallery (six pieces) Tubac Arts Center, Tubac, AZ

2012    “Timeless Meditations” juried exhibit, Tubac Arts Center, Tubac AZ

2012    Tubac Arts Center Members Show, Tubac, AZ

2012    Orcas Island Studio Artist Tour, August

2012    8th Annual Student Exhibition, Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA

2012    Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio Tour, Tubac, AZ

2011    The Essence Art Exhibit at Indralaya, Eastsound, WA, August

2011    Tubac Arts Center Members Show, Tubac, AZ  August

2011    Orcas Island Studio Artist Tour, August

2011    ‘On and Off the Wall’ Exhibit,Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA

2010    Islanders Bank solo exhibit, Eastsound, WA

2010     Art of the Journey Exhibit, Orcas Historical Society, Eastsound, WA 

2009    ‘Our Vast Landscapes’, Orcas Center group show, Eastsound, WA

2008    ‘On and Off the Wall’ Exhibit, Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA

2000    Maude Kearns Art Center solo exhibit, Eugene, OR


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