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Slice of Zuma Beach

Acrylic
36 x 36 x 1.5 in
(91.44 x 91.44 x 3.81 cm)
Carolyn Kramer
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A “Slice of Zuma Beach” is enlarged to capture sandy beach textures and color washes with a unique sense of whimsy.

Raised in the country, I have closely observed earth’s formations which has become a thematic influence in my work. Beach images are inspired by microscopic patterns in tide marks, beach foam and ocean waves. They are expanded 1000%, using multiple transparent layers of acrylic paint and string impressions.

My vision explores a playful and fanciful “slice” of beach as viewed from the top, like a satellite photo. Cerulean, teal and turquoise blues are layered through transparent like waters. Peach and chartreuse tones bring a sense of fun and frolic.

As a contemporary artist, my wish is to restore human spirit by extending to viewers a sense of peace and spaciousness.

Inspired by painterly layered nuances of whimsical ocean washes and edges of the beach, a “Slice of Zuma Beach” brings to mind happy memories of summer days.

Collections: Sold print to Aesthetics UCLA - Kramer 20067 - sold to San Diego Hospital

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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

Carolyn Kramer

Westlake Village, CA

Slice of Zuma Beach