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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#C0DCC0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>C a r o l   A  n  n   C a i n</B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="602" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#555555" FRAME="VOID" RULES="COLS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 22 WIDTH="596"><div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Landscapes I"><B>landscapes I</B></A><B>      </B><A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="landscapes II"><B>landscapes II</B></A><B>      </B><A HREF="id14.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="vignettes"><B>boglets</B></A><B>      </B><A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="archives"><B>archives</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=115 BGCOLOR="#663300" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Carol Ann Cain"><I><B>Home</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>about me</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="gallery representation"><I><B>gallery representation</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="awards"><I><B>awards and</B></I></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="awards"><I><B>exhibitions</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="contact me"><I><B>contact me</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="links"><I><B>links</B></I></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="26f80803.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B>Hebrews 11:3</B></div> <div> <B> "By faith we understand that the worlds were framed </B></div> <div> <B>by the word of God, so that the things </B></div> <div> <B>which are seen were not made of </B></div> <div> <B>things which were visible."</B></div> <bR> <div> **********</div> <div> Viewing a Chuck Close Exhibit in Atlanta </div> <div> gave me the incentive to focus on my boggy landscapes.  </div> <div> If he could produce multiple works from his </div> <div> self - portrait, surely I could paint my </div> <div> beloved boggy over and over again in </div> <div> diverse ways.</div> <bR> <div> about me<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Verdana" > </FONT></div> <div> Carol began a serious study of sculpture twenty five years ago.  </div> <div> She began painting five years after that. </div> <bR> <div> Her most notable teachers have been </div> <div> Morgan Samuel Price, Albert Handell, and Anatoly Dverin.</div> <bR> <div> Carol Cain was the facilitator for the Emerald Coast Plein-air Painters </div> <div> From 2004 through 2007.</div> <bR> <div> She received “Best of Show” at the 2008 Beaux Arts Exhibit,</div> <div> And the Okaloosa Regional Airport Exhibit in 2007. </div> <bR> <div> Her paintings have been featured in "American Art Collector" of  Alcove Books,</div> <div>  and “ Art Galleries and Artists of the South.” </div> <bR> <div> Cain recently completed commissions for the </div> <div> Northwest Florida Regional Airport,</div> <div>  One Water Place in Destin, </div> <div> and the Naples Ritz in south Florida.</div> <bR> <div> She has had the privilege of teaching art in a private school.</div> <bR> <div> She is the wife of Bill Cain, a minister, and mother of four daughters-</div> <div> Gileah, Emma, Sarah and Maranatha.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> artist statement</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" > In my former house, I awoke each day to a wooded view from my second</FONT></div> <div>  story bedroom window.  My present bedroom faces the street, and there are</div> <div>  no woods to view from any room in my house.  I didn't realize how much I </div> <div> depended on that view of the woods.  I think my boggy paintings are largely </div> <div> an attempt to recapture the feeling of wonderment those lonely woods gave me.</div> <bR> <div>       As I paint a boggy painting in my present home, I sense that I am creating</div> <div>  a window or portal to a different place.  The room seems to become larger. </div> <div>   I feel the presence of space and depth and shade and cool again</div> <div>      So I have brought the restful feeling of surrounding woods back into my life.</div> <div>  For this ability I am thankful.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="7" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="597" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="COLS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 407 WIDTH="290"><div> My paintings<B> </B>are</div> <div> expressions from photos </div> <div> of the bogs within a five mile </div> <div> radius of my home.  I take</div> <div>  digital photos, print them out,</div> <div>  and within minutes of being at </div> <div> the scene, I can begin to paint. </div> <div> This process allows me</div> <div> to paint with fresh inspiration,</div> <div>  with the photo providing a guideline.  </div> <div> If I lose my </div> <div> inspiration while painting the </div> <div> bog, I can always revisit </div> <div> the site.</div> <bR> <div> My favorite times of the year</div> <div>  to paint the bogs are fall,</div> <div>  winter and spring. During these seasons, there is an </div> <div> interesting combination of bare branches and varied green foliage. This combination intrigues and inspires me. </div> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="274"><div> During mid-summer this</div> <div>  combination is hard to find. </div> <div> Because of this, in summer I </div> <div> usually choose to paint architecture surrounded by nature.   I have a</div> <div>  body of this type work, but the </div> <div> green shades of boggy </div> <div> remain my true love. </div> <div> To further capture these ideas,</div> <div>  I once put this verse to paper: </div> <div>  "When I die, don't sing</div> <div>  the blues for me,</div> <div>  but sing the greens of</div> <div>  Phoebe's taught tonality."</div> <div> Phoebe was a teacher I had in Pensacola, and through her</div> <div>  teaching of painting's tonality,</div> <div>  I had a breakthrough in </div> <div> emulating various greens. </div> <bR> <div> Since that time, I feel that I have had more success in representing the jade-like facets of my hometown bogs. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="beverly_mcneil_invite.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beverly Mcneil Invite">vvv</A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>