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Local Artist Releases New Book on the Use of Color
By Dominique Agnew |
Caroline Jasper |
throughout history; and how color can be used effectively in a variety of theories, applications, and mediums. This is an invaluable resource for any who want to expand their knowledge about and invigorate their use of color.
"As a student, artist, and teacher, it seems forever that I have been looking for a comprehensive book about color. The important things I have read about color come from many different books, each having a narrow focus," states the author. "When I imagined this book I knew I wanted it to be the one-stop-learning tool I always hoped to find. It would offer aspects of what fascinates and frustrates artists about color, mindful of the importance of concept over technique. And, since important works of art spring from originality, it would be both for and against color theory, assembled not for the purpose of setting out rules, but for clarification toward greater understanding and ultimately improved use of color."
Ms. Jasper's works, represented in corporate and private collections nationwide, have been honored in national and international juried shows, and featured in Artist's Magazine, American Artist, Decor, and Focus Santa Fe magazines, as well as several books. This coming November, Ms. Jasper will have a solo exhibition at The Washington County Museum of Fine Art in Hagerstown, Maryland. Jasper's gallery affiliations include Art Source, Raleigh, North Carolina; The Little Gallery on Smith Mountain Lake, Moneta, Virginia; Peninsula Gallery, Lewes, Delaware; Gallery Wright, Wilmington, Vermont; and Verde Bleu Upstairs Gallery, Emerald Isle, North Carolina.
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Artist Caroline Jasper has just released a new book published by Watson-Guptill Publications. Ms. Jasper was recently honored as featured artist at The Comus Inn at Sugarloaf Mountain, Dickerson, Maryland where her colorful paintings are displayed throughout.
This comprehensive survey of color - its science, psychology, theory, and aesthetics - gives artists the knowledge and power to do more with color. Jasper, along with contributing artists Robert Burridge, Jeanne Carbonetti, Sean Dye, Bill James, Abby Lammers, Tom Lynch, Thomas Nash, Camille Przewodek, and Kitty Wallis, reveal diverse personal color philosophies and methods. Included is Caroline Jasper's trademark approach of painting on red canvas.
Readers learn what color is; the color wheel; various types of color contrast (temperature, intensity, and value); how a medium's physical characteristics affect the use and appearance of color; how color has been used by artists |