Carolyn’s latest commission in The Spectator Magazine for “I Live Here Now” a short story by Ian Rankin, is currently on newsstands in the UK and across the world, USA, Canada and the Euro Zone.
You can see it here.
Starting on June 20, 2020, Carolyn Gowdy is exhibiting in the Alive in Isolation group show at Aldeburgh Beach Lookout and online at Alone in the Universe. Enjoy a socially-distanced visit to the Lookout and the show through to July 14, 2020.
Carolyn’s short film, “Too Much to Dream?” will be shown daily at The Venice Biennale 2019 as part of the ALIVE in the UNIVERSE Project.
ALIVE in the UNIVERSE is an international short art-film project that explores our own emotional explanation of the universe through arts and ideas.
The short films will be screened at the Palazzo Pesaro Papafava this year at the Venice Biennale May 8, 2019 – June 4 2019.
Carolyn was recently commissioned by The Spectator Magazine to illustrate a Christmas short story by Susan Hill in the current issue on the newsstands in the UK, Canada, the USA, the Euro Zone and beyond.
Click here to view the online version of the story titled, “The boy who dreams: A Christmas short story by Susan Hill”
Carolyn has an exhibition of paintings, drawings, printworks, collage, sculpture, and mixed media exploring the ongoing experience of life, past and present along with inspired possibilities for the future at Gallery 286 in London.
Carolyn writes, “My art is not just a form of creative expression. It’s a form of exploration. It’s a way of being. I consider it my job, as an artist, to look for beauty, grace, magic, and wonder everywhere. This gives me a sense of purpose and helps keep me in touch with my gratitude for what is. It reminds me that the miracle of life is something to celebrate, document, and preserve. It helps me stay fresh, new, alive in the moment, awake to elements that might otherwise go unnoticed or forgotten. It helps me to accept and appreciate life on life’s terms, to find hidden treasure in both breakdowns and breakthroughs.
I am fascinated by the subject of consciousness, the ongoing experience of being alive and how this relates to the past, present, and future, of human beings being human on the planet. Humanity is most definitely a work in progress. It is important to keep learning and to ask questions. I am continually in the process of developing wisdom, clarity, and discernment. I choose to align myself with love, light, grace, beauty, truth, magic, and humour as much as possible. I choose to be present, awake and in the now as much as possible and wherever I go. I really don’t want to miss a beat out of the extraordinary adventure that is life.”
The exhibition runs October 9 to October 31, 2018.
For further information contact Jonathan Ross: Phone 07747 807576 or email: jross@gallery286.com
THEATRE OF WOMEN is an exhibition of a series of limited edition hand-coloured etchings and collages. A number of these prints are based on a series of earlier works inspired by Simone de Beauvoir’s classic, The Second Sex. With these prints Carolyn processes and integrates her personal experiences and observations into her art with the message that gender equality issues are as relevant for women today as ever.
The show runs from January 30 to February 18, 2018. There will be a private viewing on Tuesday, 30th January from 6.30 pm to 8.00 pm., otherwise viewing is by appointment.
Chelsea Arts Club
143 Old Church Street
London, UK
SW3 6EB
A toast to the New Year! We’re looking forward to what lies ahead. Illustration by Carolyn Gowdy.
Here is a link to special Christmas 2017 issue of The Spectator Magazine. Carolyn has illustrated the Christmas Ghost Story by Andrew Michael Hurley. You can see the story and Carolyn’s illustration here.
