Sapphire Mountain Strata - Diptych Right by Carolyn Kramer

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Dramatic "Sapphire Mountain Strata"

Carolyn Kramer
Sapphire Mountain Strata - Diptych Right
Chalk Pastel
Framed: 34 x 28 x 1 in (86.36 x 71.12 x 2.54 cm)
Signature: Carolyn Kramer
$800

“Sapphire Mountain Strata” is part of my ongoing series “Nature Closeup”, where I explore the hidden patterns of earth and water through extreme magnification. By enlarging micro-images of natural formations over 1000%, I uncover abstracted landscapes that blend geological rhythm with emotional resonance.

This diptych composition is drawn in layered chalk pastels—gestural scribbles of cobalt and sapphire blues, velvet blacks, and smudged white create a richly textured surface. The piece invites viewers to feel the atmosphere of mountain strata and flowing water, distilled into soulful, ethereal form.

Designed as a continuous drawing across two panels, Sapphire Mountain Strata may be displayed side by side or independently. Subtle tonal variations in the blue spectrum and dynamic mark-making bring visual vibration and movement to the work.

Whether mounted together or apart, the piece adds a striking and sophisticated presence to any space—an elegant fusion of nature and abstraction.

Subject Matter: Conceptual - Landscape
Collections: Strata Pastels

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As an established contemporary artist, Carolyn Kramer wishes to restore human spirit by extending to viewers a sense of peace, spaciousness and lively energy expressed in her textured, nuanced canvases, gestural drawings and vivid manuscripts.

Carolyn was born in Johnstown, PA, USA, graduated from Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA, Fine Art, Post Grad & Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, B.Sc. Art Education. She has extensive exhibiting and art teaching experiences in both Canada and the US.

Raised in the Pennsylvania countryside, Carolyn has closely observed earth’s formations, a thematic influence in her work. Inspired by living close to Vancouver’s sea walls & Los Angeles’s lakes & mountains, her fine art has been described as soulful and ethereal .

Carolyn’s art is rich with painterly textures, layers of color on color and whimsical washes. Multi-layered paintings, drawings and mono-prints are created using various mediums of interwoven chalk pastels to chunks of vibrant acrylic paints, oil encaustics and delicate, dribbles of gold leaf. Throughout all her art work is a love of color and soulful expression.

Artwork Archive website represents available art from Carolyn Kramer’s three previously curated and successful, exhibited art series and collections, "DynamicDivas", “Feminine Visions” and “Nature Close-Up.”

She is the recipient of recent awards including the Westlake Village Artist’s Guild, Juried Group Show, 2nd Prize, Mix. Media, Westlake, CA, 2019 & the American Heritage Committee, NSDAR, Women in the Arts Recognition Award, 2015. Permanent collections include PDG Dental, EastLake Dental, SD, & Mattel Collection, LA.

Carolyn’s fine art has been described as inspiring & spiritual with a common thread of whimsy and rich textures.wo