Muscles1111
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in De...
Paint, Mixed Media
Sunset
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carlton Scott Sturgill says of his work... As a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, sculpture, collage, and installation, my work takes many forms and incorporates a w...
Paint, Panel
Branded Hosta (Polo)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Materials: Ralph Lauren button down shirts, aluminum wire, floral tape, wood Artist Statement: Inspired by the bedroom communities of Mid-America, my work examines the conflict between our behavior in our most intimate moments and our desire to appear as ambassadors of a white-picket-fence America. Using materials sourced from the suburban landscape, such as paint chip samples from Home Depot...
Wire
Branded Daffodils
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Materials: Ralph Lauren button down shirts, aluminum wire, floral tape, wood Artist Statement: Inspired by the bedroom communities of Mid-America, my work examines the conflict betw...
Wire
Branded Bird of Paradise (Polo)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Materials: Ralph Lauren button down shirts, aluminum wire, floral tape, wood Artist Statement: Inspired by the bedroom communities of Mid-America, my work examines the conflict betw...
Wire
Spring Blossoms
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel, vintage frame [New Orleans, LA ::: b.1971 - Cincinnati, OH] Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters...
Mixed Media
Remembrances VI
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: reclaimed button-down shirts, wire, flower frog ARTIST STATEMENT "Flowers have been a large part of my work for years, but they took on new meaning for me in 2020. As our ba...
Metal, Wire
Controledchaos8
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design in...
Paint
my wife needs a girlfriend - mw4w - 24 (philly)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design in 2005, and his BA from the University of Cincinnati in 2002. Although he now lives outside of the Queen City, his work continues to be shaped by his Midwestern roots. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in North America and Europe, including the Cornell Museum of Art in Delray Beach, Florida, Temple Bar Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art in New York City, as well as, PULSE Miami Beach Contemporary Art Fair and Art on Paper NYC. Sturgill currently lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana. The artist discusses the new body of work . . . My grandmother was a quilt maker. Born in 1915 in Appalachia, her quilts weren’t made from anything that you would find at a Joann Fabric store. She took objects that had an existing function and gave them a new life. I grew up sleeping under a patchwork of her faded housedresses and my grandfather’s work-worn button-down shirts. Where others saw scraps of tattered fabric that had reached the end of their lifespan, my grandmother saw Ohio stars, Maltese crosses and other quilting patterns. Tradition dictates an assumption of purpose, a prescribed path for everything that must be followed. Everything from work shirts to paint chip samples to wedding dresses have an agreed upon life arch. But an intervention, such as my grandmother’s, can give something a new purpose. A work shirt becomes a quilt, a paint chip sample becomes a mosaic, and a wedding dress becomes a bouquet of roses. The essence of the former purpose remains even as new characteristics are created, giving the objects a dual citizenship between what they were and what they have become. Until recently the tradition of marriage had a prescribed path as well. One man and one woman joined together in a life-long monogamous union resulting in children, and until astonishingly recently, they needed to be of the same race and religion and from similar socioeconomic backgrounds. Many people believe that wedding traditions have been static for millennia, but like everything else it’s in a state of glacial evolution, punctuated by dramatic interventions that create revolutionary change. In our time of titanic shifts in the definition of marriage, many elements are being added, blending ancient and contemporary traditions to create something new. My latest series of work, titled Something Old/Something New, examines the shifting notions of marriage by repurposing longstanding traditions into something more fitting for our current time. Secondhand wedding clothes are given a fresh start as roses, dahlias, and clematises. Paint chip samples are cut apart and spliced back together to spell out a couple’s longing for a non-conventional household. The French traditional of globe de mariée...
Oil, Panel
Hot Couple Looking for Sexy Third - mw4w - 2429 (San Francisco)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design ...
Mixed Media
Vase with Roses and Parrot Tulips
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: reclaimed button-down, wire, floral tape, brass vase Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea C...
Metal, Wire
Landscape Painting (after Bierstadt)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carlton Scott Sturgill says of his work... As a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, sculpture, collage, and installation, my work takes many forms and incorporates a w...
Paint, Panel
Gorgeous Wife ... ISO Stud Tonight - mw4m - 32 (North Cincy)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design ...
Mixed Media
Sexy Couple Seeking Same - mw4mw - 2130 (Atlanta)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: oil on linen [New Orleans, LA ::: b.1971 - Cincinnati, OH] Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Ch...
Mixed Media
#unmadebed
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea College of Art in De...
Mosaic, House Paint, Wood Panel
Vase with Roses, Honeysuckle, and Pheasant's Eye
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: reclaimed button-down, wire, floral tape, metal vase Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea C...
Metal, Wire
born2boogie
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design in ...
Paint
Arrangement in Sunflowers, Anemones, and Cornflowers
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: reclaimed button-down shirts on birch plywood panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Co...
Metal, Wire
Globe de Mariée - Nosegay Bouquet
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: vintage glass dome and wedding dresses, Antique French wedding vase, Ralph Lauren shirts, ribbon, floral tape CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design in 2005, and his BA from the University of Cincinnati in 2002. Although he now lives outside of the Queen City, his work continues to be shaped by his Midwestern roots. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in North America and Europe, including the Cornell Museum of Art in Delray Beach, Florida, Temple Bar Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art in New York City, as well as, PULSE Miami Beach Contemporary Art Fair and Art on Paper NYC. Sturgill currently lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana. The artist discusses the new body of work . . . My grandmother was a quilt maker. Born in 1915 in Appalachia, her quilts weren’t made from anything that you would find at a Joann Fabric store. She took objects that had an existing function and gave them a new life. I grew up sleeping under a patchwork of her faded housedresses and my grandfather’s work-worn button-down shirts. Where others saw scraps of tattered fabric that had reached the end of their lifespan, my grandmother saw Ohio stars, Maltese crosses and other quilting patterns. Tradition dictates an assumption of purpose, a prescribed path for everything that must be followed. Everything from work shirts to paint chip samples to wedding dresses have an agreed upon life arch. But an intervention, such as my grandmother’s, can give something a new purpose. A work shirt becomes a quilt, a paint chip sample becomes a mosaic, and a wedding dress becomes a bouquet of roses. The essence of the former purpose remains even as new characteristics are created, giving the objects a dual citizenship between what they were and what they have become. Until recently the tradition of marriage had a prescribed path as well. One man and one woman joined together in a life-long monogamous union resulting in children, and until astonishingly recently, they needed to be of the same race and religion and from similar socioeconomic backgrounds. Many people believe that wedding traditions have been static for millennia, but like everything else it’s in a state of glacial evolution, punctuated by dramatic interventions that create revolutionary change. In our time of titanic shifts in the definition of marriage, many elements are being added, blending ancient and contemporary traditions to create something new. My latest series of work, titled Something Old/Something New, examines the shifting notions of marriage by repurposing longstanding traditions into something more fitting for our current time. Secondhand wedding clothes are given a fresh start as roses, dahlias, and clematises. Paint chip samples are cut apart and spliced back together to spell out a couple’s longing for a non-conventional household. The French traditional of globe de mariée...
Mixed Media
DS Couple Seeks Female switch - mw4w - 3131 (Cinci) - Her
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
"DS Couple Seeks Female switch - mw4w - 3131 (Cinci) - Her" by Carlton Scott Sturgill. medium: paint chip sample mosaic, vintage Ralph Lauren gift box Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea College of Art in Design in 2005, and his BA from the University of Cincinnati in 2002. Although he now lives outside of the Queen City, his work continues to be shaped by his Midwestern roots. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in North America and Europe, including the Cornell Museum of Art in Delray Beach...
Mosaic, House Paint, Wood Panel
Disneyland
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea College of Art in De...
Mosaic, House Paint, Wood Panel
looking for bi couple - mw4mw - 2428 (Houston)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic in gift box, leather, wood, glass, vintage metal display stand and hardware Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton S...
Mixed Media
Tuxedo Clematis (Clematis tuxedis)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: secondhand tuxedos, tuxedo shirts, and Ralph Lauren shirts, faux pearls, wood, wire, PVC tubing, Duck Tape, floral tape CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (...
Mixed Media
Good as Gold
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea College of Art in De...
Mosaic, House Paint, Wood Panel
Black Chick 4 White Chick - W4W - 25
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic in Ralph Lauren gift box, wood, leather Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chels...
Paint
Arrangement in Poppies
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: reclaimed button-down shirts on birch plywood panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Co...
Metal, Wire
#sensation
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea College of Art in De...
Mosaic, House Paint, Wood Panel
trying4u03
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in De...
Mixed Media
it's freaky friday so... - mw4mw (Atlanta)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design ...
Paint, Mixed Media
#mybouquet
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea College of Art in De...
Mosaic, House Paint, Wood Panel
#wildbouquet
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea College of Art in De...
Mosaic, House Paint, Wood Panel
#bouquetofflowers
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea College of Art in De...
Mosaic, House Paint, Wood Panel
Globe de Mariée - Double Bouquet
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: vintage glass dome, wedding dresses and fabric, silver wire, mirrors, ribbon, floral tape, crystals and pearls CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design in 2005, and his BA from the University of Cincinnati in 2002. Although he now lives outside of the Queen City, his work continues to be shaped by his Midwestern roots. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in North America and Europe, including the Cornell Museum of Art in Delray Beach, Florida, Temple Bar Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art in New York City, as well as, PULSE Miami Beach Contemporary Art Fair and Art on Paper NYC. Sturgill currently lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana. The artist discusses the new body of work . . . My grandmother was a quilt maker. Born in 1915 in Appalachia, her quilts weren’t made from anything that you would find at a Joann Fabric store. She took objects that had an existing function and gave them a new life. I grew up sleeping under a patchwork of her faded housedresses and my grandfather’s work-worn button-down shirts. Where others saw scraps of tattered fabric that had reached the end of their lifespan, my grandmother saw Ohio stars, Maltese crosses and other quilting patterns. Tradition dictates an assumption of purpose, a prescribed path for everything that must be followed. Everything from work shirts to paint chip samples to wedding dresses have an agreed upon life arch. But an intervention, such as my grandmother’s, can give something a new purpose. A work shirt becomes a quilt, a paint chip sample becomes a mosaic, and a wedding dress becomes a bouquet of roses. The essence of the former purpose remains even as new characteristics are created, giving the objects a dual citizenship between what they were and what they have become. Until recently the tradition of marriage had a prescribed path as well. One man and one woman joined together in a life-long monogamous union resulting in children, and until astonishingly recently, they needed to be of the same race and religion and from similar socioeconomic backgrounds. Many people believe that wedding traditions have been static for millennia, but like everything else it’s in a state of glacial evolution, punctuated by dramatic interventions that create revolutionary change. In our time of titanic shifts in the definition of marriage, many elements are being added, blending ancient and contemporary traditions to create something new. My latest series of work, titled Something Old/Something New, examines the shifting notions of marriage by repurposing longstanding traditions into something more fitting for our current time. Secondhand wedding clothes are given a fresh start as roses, dahlias, and clematises. Paint chip samples are cut apart and spliced back together to spell out a couple’s longing for a non-conventional household. The French traditional of globe de mariée...
Mixed Media
Globe de Mariée - Mixed Set
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: vintage glass dome, wedding dresses and fabric, Ralph Lauren shirts, barge wood, silver wire, ribbon, floral tape, crystals and faux pearls CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design in 2005, and his BA from the University of Cincinnati in 2002. Although he now lives outside of the Queen City, his work continues to be shaped by his Midwestern roots. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in North America and Europe, including the Cornell Museum of Art in Delray Beach, Florida, Temple Bar Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art in New York City, as well as, PULSE Miami Beach Contemporary Art Fair and Art on Paper NYC. Sturgill currently lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana. The artist discusses the new body of work . . . My grandmother was a quilt maker. Born in 1915 in Appalachia, her quilts weren’t made from anything that you would find at a Joann Fabric store. She took objects that had an existing function and gave them a new life. I grew up sleeping under a patchwork of her faded housedresses and my grandfather’s work-worn button-down shirts. Where others saw scraps of tattered fabric that had reached the end of their lifespan, my grandmother saw Ohio stars, Maltese crosses and other quilting patterns. Tradition dictates an assumption of purpose, a prescribed path for everything that must be followed. Everything from work shirts to paint chip samples to wedding dresses have an agreed upon life arch. But an intervention, such as my grandmother’s, can give something a new purpose. A work shirt becomes a quilt, a paint chip sample becomes a mosaic, and a wedding dress becomes a bouquet of roses. The essence of the former purpose remains even as new characteristics are created, giving the objects a dual citizenship between what they were and what they have become. Until recently the tradition of marriage had a prescribed path as well. One man and one woman joined together in a life-long monogamous union resulting in children, and until astonishingly recently, they needed to be of the same race and religion and from similar socioeconomic backgrounds. Many people believe that wedding traditions have been static for millennia, but like everything else it’s in a state of glacial evolution, punctuated by dramatic interventions that create revolutionary change. In our time of titanic shifts in the definition of marriage, many elements are being added, blending ancient and contemporary traditions to create something new. My latest series of work, titled Something Old/Something New, examines the shifting notions of marriage by repurposing longstanding traditions into something more fitting for our current time. Secondhand wedding clothes are given a fresh start as roses, dahlias, and clematises. Paint chip samples are cut apart and spliced back together to spell out a couple’s longing for a non-conventional household. The French traditional of globe de mariée...
Mixed Media
Stop on by - mw4mw - 30 (East Walnut Hills)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in De...
Oil
The Fruit Exchange
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: Ralph Lauren brand shirts; vintage pocket bibles, fruit crate, wall brackets and screws; leather belt; glass cloche; wooden base Born in 1971 in ...
Mixed Media
sexy couple - mw4mw (Cincinnati)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: oil on panel, vintage frame Dimensions - HIM: 26.5 x 18.25 in HER: 27.5 x 17.25 in Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (F...
Oil
looking for 18-20 yr old now - m4m - 40 (greater cincinnati)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ralph Lauren brand shirts; paint chip sample mosaic on shirt hang tag; vintage jar, wooden box and hardware; leather; wire; floral tape Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Sco...
Mixed Media
Seven Decorating Schemes (Shelf)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaics on panel, vintage mirror frames and shelf brackets, wood door frame Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (...
Paint, Mixed Media
want to share him - mw4w (denver)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in De...
Oil
Looking for new experiences - mw4mw - 2925 (San Francisco)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel and vintage swing frame Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Coll...
Mixed Media
Current Local Time 2024
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carlton Scott Sturgill says of his work... As a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, sculpture, collage, and installation, my work takes many forms and incorporates a w...
Paint, Found Objects
Mythological Painting (after van Loo)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carlton Scott Sturgill says of his work... As a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, sculpture, collage, and installation, my work takes many forms and incorporates a w...
Paint, Panel
Seeking Funn SEXY friends - mw4mw - 30 (NO ky SO oh)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Seeking Funn SEXY friends - mw4mw - 30 (NO ky SO oh)" by Carlton Scott Sturgill. Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) fr...
Found Objects, Oil, Panel
DS Couple Seeks Female switch - mw4w - 3131 (Cinci) - Him
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
"DS Couple Seeks Female switch - mw4w - 3131 (Cinci) - Him" by Carlton Scott Sturgill. medium: paint chip sample mosaic, vintage Ralph Lauren gift box Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea College of Art in Design in 2005, and his BA from the University of Cincinnati in 2002. Although he now lives outside of the Queen City, his work continues to be shaped by his Midwestern roots. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in North America and Europe, including the Cornell Museum of Art in Delray Beach...
Mosaic, House Paint, Wood Panel
Urn with Roses
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: reclaimed button-down, wire, floral tape, ceramic urn Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea ...
Metal, Wire
#moan
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea College of Art in De...
Mosaic, House Paint, Wood Panel
Seven Decorating Schemes (Shelf) - Modern
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: paint chip sample mosaics on panel, vintage mirror frames and shelf brackets, wood door frame [New Orleans, LA ::: b.1971 - Cincinnati, OH] Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio...
Mixed Media
Polly-romantic for long term/permanent - mw4w (denver)
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: paint chip sample mosaic on panel CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design in 2005, and his BA from the University of Cincinnati in 2002. Although he now lives outside of the Queen City, his work continues to be shaped by his Midwestern roots. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in North America and Europe, including the Cornell Museum of Art in Delray Beach, Florida, Temple Bar Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art in New York City, as well as, PULSE Miami Beach Contemporary Art Fair and Art on Paper NYC. Sturgill currently lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana. The artist discusses the new body of work . . . My grandmother was a quilt maker. Born in 1915 in Appalachia, her quilts weren’t made from anything that you would find at a Joann Fabric store. She took objects that had an existing function and gave them a new life. I grew up sleeping under a patchwork of her faded housedresses and my grandfather’s work-worn button-down shirts. Where others saw scraps of tattered fabric that had reached the end of their lifespan, my grandmother saw Ohio stars, Maltese crosses and other quilting patterns. Tradition dictates an assumption of purpose, a prescribed path for everything that must be followed. Everything from work shirts to paint chip samples to wedding dresses have an agreed upon life arch. But an intervention, such as my grandmother’s, can give something a new purpose. A work shirt becomes a quilt, a paint chip sample becomes a mosaic, and a wedding dress becomes a bouquet of roses. The essence of the former purpose remains even as new characteristics are created, giving the objects a dual citizenship between what they were and what they have become. Until recently the tradition of marriage had a prescribed path as well. One man and one woman joined together in a life-long monogamous union resulting in children, and until astonishingly recently, they needed to be of the same race and religion and from similar socioeconomic backgrounds. Many people believe that wedding traditions have been static for millennia, but like everything else it’s in a state of glacial evolution, punctuated by dramatic interventions that create revolutionary change. In our time of titanic shifts in the definition of marriage, many elements are being added, blending ancient and contemporary traditions to create something new. My latest series of work, titled Something Old/Something New, examines the shifting notions of marriage by repurposing longstanding traditions into something more fitting for our current time. Secondhand wedding clothes are given a fresh start as roses, dahlias, and clematises. Paint chip samples are cut apart and spliced back together to spell out a couple’s longing for a non-conventional household. The French traditional of globe de mariée...
Mixed Media
The Buttondown
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: paint chip sample mosaics, Ralph Lauren shirt hang tags, wood Dimensions: consists of twenty-five 2.5 x 2.5 inch mosaics. Installation dimensions variable. Born in 1971 in C...
Mixed Media
The Heritage Pointe Spray
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: Ralph Lauren shirts, reclaimed bard wood, wire, floral tape Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Ch...
Mixed Media
Mid 30's attractive couple looking for friends - mw4mw
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design ...
Paint, Mixed Media
Seven Decorating Schemes
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: paint chip sample mosaics on panel and vintage mirror frames. Dimensions for each piece: Variable Dimensions Lust 33.5 X 21 in 85 X 53 cm Pride 25.5 X 31 in 65 X 79 cm Envy 3...
Mixed Media
Couples in the Polo Fields - WM4WM - 33
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel and vintage mirror frame Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Co...
Mixed Media
Bi Cpl Looking for Bi Cpl - MW4MW - 36 - Cincy
By Carlton Scott Sturgill
Located in New Orleans, LA
paint chip sample mosaic on panel Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Carlton Scott Sturgill received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from London’s Chelsea Collage of Art in Design in ...
Paint