Carolyn Wayland


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Carolyn Wayland


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

 

“ Each artist expresses through art his/her unique way of experiencing life. This is the essence of creation. Through our art we bring into existence something that did not preciously exist. We enlarge the universe. “ 

John Daido Loori

just me...painting the cosmos


I create vibrant, colorful abstract paintings in acrylic that are inspired by my study and embrace of spiritual teachings. 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. 


To create my paintings I enjoy using the gestural brushstroke and certain universal symbols such as the circle that express wholeness and life’s journey.  The brushstroke, using large house painting brushes or fine Chinese calligraphy brushes is an important part of the process. 


Generally, I paint on different sized canvases, but also like to experiment with acrylic on metal. I always paint to music, which puts my brain into a state of consciousness that opens me to the present moment, to my intuition, to what the painting is saying. 


For me, painting is a meditation on the cosmos, on the mysterious unseen energy field we live in, the radiance of being. My art is informed by eastern philosophy, specifically Buddhist and Theosophical teachings and a growing understanding of metaphysics.  By connecting to the cosmos I feel a part of something greater and my paintings reflect a connection to that universal life force. There is a sense of the luminous sacred that infuses the world that draws and inspires me.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY



Artist Biography



Carolyn Wayland is an abstract painter whose works reflects her worldview. For her, the creation of art is tuning in to the cosmic energies and spiritual dimension of existence which have become the essence of her non- representational paintings. 


Carolyn’s inspiration comes directly from her passion for nature, her love of study and contemplation and her search for the truth. A west coast girl, she grew up in Kentfield, California, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA in Comparative Literature.


After that, she discovered the world of visual art through ceramics and lived and taught art in Eugene, Oregon, Orcas Island, Washington for many years. Later, she and her husband moved to Tubac, Arizona, where she came to love and appreciate the beauty of the Southwest as well as the Northwest landscapes. She has a Master’s degree in Art Education, and was an art teacher for 34 years before beginning a twenty year painting adventure. 


Carolyn Wayland has always been inspired by the beauty and energy of the natural world, and she and her photographer husband hiked and camped throughout the Northwest and Southwest beginning in the 1990s. During that time she developed a curiosity about astrology, cosmology and Theosophical writings, which connected her to the unseen universe and the energy and universal laws of the cosmos.


Both Theosophical and Buddhist studies have increasingly transformed Carolyn’s work into a meditation, both for herself and for the viewer. She attempts to convey concepts and meaning through her work. “This is how I speak my truth.”


Carolyn has exhibited at the Monserrat Gallery in New York City, at numerous exhibits and art studio tours in Arizona, Washington and California. In the recent past she has exhibited at both the Russian River Gallery, Guerneville, CA and the Lori Austin Gallery in Healdsburg CA. Her art was featured on the cover and interior of Quest Magazine in 20125 and featured in a 2024 review in The Theosophist, “Painting the /Cosmos, A Key to the Influence of Theosophy on Modern Art” by Michael Carter.  Carolyn currently lives and works in Sant Rosa, California.



Artist resume/CV

Awards and Honors

 Best In Show award, Tubac Center for the Arts 2016
 Duchess Award for outstanding art educator, Maude Kearns Art Center, Eugene,  OR 2000
Oregon Art Educator of the Year award 1988

Teaching Experience

"Meditations on the Cosmos and Twentieth Century Abstract Art, National Theosophical Society online course, 2022

"Painting the Cosmos"  Twentieth Century Art and Theosophy, Krotona Institute, Ojai, CA 2022

"How We Can Paint" class, Tubac, AZ 2021

"How Artists See", OLLI university extension program, Green Valley, AZ 2020

Art instructor, Friday Harbor High School, Friday Harbor, WA, Orcas High School, Eastsound, WA  19
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

Membership Arts Organizations

Marin MOCHA, Novato, CA

 Sonoma Art Museum, Sonoma, CA

River Arts, Guerneville, CA

Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA

Tubac Center for the Arts, AZ, past  board member

Orcas Island Center for the Arts, WA,  past board member

Oregon Arts Education Association, past board member 

Representation:

Past:

Russian River Gallery, Guerneville, CA

Lori Austin Gallery, Healdsburg, CA 

Gallery H, Tubac, AZ, 

Exhibit Gallery online

Carolyn Wayland Studio, Tubac, AZ


Exhibitions

 

Solo Exhibitions

2024. Oakmont Golf Resort, Santa Rosa, CA

2023 Russian River Gallery, Guerneville, Ca

2022  Lori Austin Gallery , Healdsburg, CA 

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

2021  “Painting the Cosmos” Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2020  Carolyn Wayland Studio Party, Tubac, AZ

2017   Tubac Center for the Arts Tubac, AZ

2015    Tucson Airport Tucson, AZ

2015    Beyond Appearance, Solo exhibit, Virginia Hall Gallery, , Tubac, AZ

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

2014    Rare Earth Studio, Tubac, AZ

2010    Islanders Bank Eastsound, WA

2000    Maude Kearns Art Center  Eugene, OR


Juried Exhibitions

2023 “Abstract Zone” online 

2021  “Starry Starry Night” Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac AZ

2021  Member's  Juried Show, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2020  Artists Then and Now  Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2019   “Waterways" Tubac Presidio, Tubac, AZ

2019  “We Are Here”  Tucson Airport, Tucson, AZ  

2018    “Aqueous” Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ

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

2017   Member’s Juried Show, Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2017   “19” Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac,AZ

2017    “A Thousand Words”  Columbia Art Gallery, Hood River, OR

2017    Emerald Art Center Springfield, Oregon

2017   Art of Planetary Science show, Tucson, AZ

2017   Contemporary Art Society Tucson, AZ.

2017   “Aqueous” Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ 

2016    “Aqueous”  Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2015    Southern Arizona Invitational Exhibition, Yuma, AZ

2014    “The Arts Speak” Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

2013    “Inner Idea” Artists Exhibit, Monserrat Gallery, NY, NY

2013    “Borders” j Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2012    “The Studio” Gallery Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2012    “Timeless Meditations” Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac AZ

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


Group Exhibitions

2025 Oakmont Art Association Show, Santa Rosa, CA

2024 Oakmont Art Association Show, Santa Rosa, CA

2024 Art at the Source, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

2024 O’Hanlon Center Member’s Show, Mill Valley, CA

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

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

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

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

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

2020  Tucson Contemporary Art Society Group Show, Tucson, AZ

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

2020  Tubac Festival of the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2019  Contemporary Art Society Annual Show, Tucson, AZ

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

2018   TVAA First Annual Exhibit, Tubac, AZ

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

2018   Tubac Festival of the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2017   Tubac Center for the Arts Member’s Juried Show, Tubac, Az

2017   Tubac Center for the Arts Member’s Open, Tubac, AZ

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

2015    Tubac Center for the Arts Member’s Show, Tubac, AZ

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

2014    Rare Earth Studio/Gallery, Tubac, AZ

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

2012    Tubac Center for the Arts Members Show, Tubac, AZ

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

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

2011    Tubac Arts Center Members Show, Tubac, AZ  August

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

2010    Islanders Bank solo exhibit, Eastsound, WA

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

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


Open Studio Tours

2025 Art Trails Open Studio, Sonoma County, CA

2024 Art Trails Open Studio, Sonoma County, CA

2021  Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio, Tubac, AZ

2020  Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio,Tubac, AZ

2018   Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio, Tubac, AZ

2017   Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio Tour, Tubac, AZ

2015    Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio Tour, Tubac, AZ

2014    Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio Tour, Tubac, AZ

2013    Orcas Island Studio Artist Tour, Orcas, WA

2013    Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio Tour, Tubac, AZ

2012    Orcas Island Studio Artist Tour, Orcas, WA

2012    Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio Tour, Tubac, AZ

2011    Orcas Island Studio Artist Tour, Orcas, WA



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