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Carole Garland
Fading Memories

2025

$1,000
£742.55
€872.09
CA$1,391.28
A$1,557.68
CHF 816.74
MX$19,246.07
NOK 10,291.45
SEK 9,714.72
DKK 6,506.87
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Fading Memories - The passage of time can erase once golden moments. These two young girls, friends, are on a walk in the park, accompanied by their grandfathers. Something catches their attention- perhaps a dog chasing a squirrel - and they pause. It is a pause worth remembering because it is a beautiful day, and there is a slight breeze and the perfume of orange blossoms is in the air. Until. over time. the indelible event becomes faint and neither girl recalls the moment, the walk or the beautiful day. Artist Carole Garland captures the sense of disappearing memory by removing the paint of an almost completed work. Using scraping techniques and painting back into the surface, she reveals the underpainting and recreates the sense of loss. The 12'x12' oil painting on a wood panel is wired for ease of hanging. The natural wood sides may serve as a frame. Carole Garland studied figure drawing at the Art Institute of Chicago, and painting at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., and the University of the Americas in Mexico City. She has studied with fine artists Frank Serrano, Calvin Liang, Jeff Horn, Ron Pekar and Linda Jacobson. Her most recent influence is David Gallup, former vice president of the California Art Club. Garland has shown in venues around Southern California and is in art collections throughout the U.S.
  • Creator:
    Carole Garland (American)
  • Creation Year:
    2025
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
  • Medium:
    Oil,Wood Panel
  • Movement & Style:
    Contemporary
  • Period:
    21st Century
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Palm Desert, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1666216489792

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