Topeka Competition 30 / Carol Salisbury
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Carol Salisbury | Lawrence KS
"Sphere" (2009)
metal
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” After reading George Eliot’s words a few years ago, I chose to begin a new life. I’d been in an unhappy place, struggling through each unsatisfying day. Yet, within a few months I purged myself of all unnecessary things to give myself the freedom to make the objects I longed to create – containers, which hold things, conceal things. Everything we experience is contained – our lives, our bodies, our possessions. All is defined by boundaries and borders.
As an artist, I’m driven by compulsiveness, restlessness, and passion. The elements in my work are considered and intentional and embody this formality through my use of organic shapes, miniaturization, text, color, texture, and layered complexity. For me art is purpose. It defines the way I experience the world and has become the driving force in my life. Creating is the way I cope with everything.
Topeka Competition 30 / Carol Salisbury
OPEN VIEW
Carol Salisbury | Lawrence KS
"Sphere" (2009)
metal
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” After reading George Eliot’s words a few years ago, I chose to begin a new life. I’d been in an unhappy place, struggling through each unsatisfying day. Yet, within a few months I purged myself of all unnecessary things to give myself the freedom to make the objects I longed to create – containers, which hold things, conceal things. Everything we experience is contained – our lives, our bodies, our possessions. All is defined by boundaries and borders.
As an artist, I’m driven by compulsiveness, restlessness, and passion. The elements in my work are considered and intentional and embody this formality through my use of organic shapes, miniaturization, text, color, texture, and layered complexity. For me art is purpose. It defines the way I experience the world and has become the driving force in my life. Creating is the way I cope with everything.