Carla Louise Paine
Carla Louise Paine is a classically trained oil painter. Her portfolio includes figurative, floral, still life, and landscape paintings. As a student in Florence Italy, Carla learned the traditions and techniques of the old masters such as Rembrandt and Titian, as well as the approach of 19th century realist painters such as Sergeant, Bouguereau and Chardin. Utilizing these skills by employing light and shadow as a means of finding and describing form her paintings are a carefully crafted response to the natural world.
Greatly influencing Carla’s work over the last decade has been her settling onto an old family farm property in Washington State. With cows, hayfield, orchard and generous gardens, she has become engrossed by the transitions of nature, the dependence on harvest and the patterns of the growing season. Her landscapes, often including figures and livestock, are glimpses of her family’s pastoral existence. This intimacy with her subjects brings truth and originality to Carla’s compositions; the small Dexter cows are dutifully rendered with a personal touch, carefully worked gardens and overgrown fruit trees provide plentifully for her floral and still life paintings; her family at work lovingly depicted.
Along with her still life and landscapes, Carla’s figurative work displays technical mastery as well as a feminine inwardness that is particular to the artist. In the studio Carla continues to embrace the tradition of painting from life, hiring models for weeks and even months to complete a single work. Her figures can be found surrounded by a garden’s light flora or they can be found engrossed in a dark and rich background as though the figure itself was a delicately designed still‐life. This juxtaposition certainly has roots in the artist’s location: the golden evenings of late summer and fall, the dark and gray winter skies, the colorful bounty of spring and summer; the variety of hues and tactile sensations in the Pacific Northwest lends itself to the artist’s versatile vision.
Carla’s work is both diverse and cohesive. Embracing her technical abilities as well as enjoying experimentation, Carla’s work grows with her, each painting a personal exploration as the artist shares her vision of beauty.
Galleries and Exhibitions
•2019 International Guild of Realism 14th Annual Exhibition at the Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
•2019 The Art Renewal Center Salon Exhibition at The European Museum of Modern Art, MEAM, Barcelona, Spain, and at Sotheby’s in New York City •2019 Childhood’s End Small Works Show
•2019 International Guild of Realism Winter Salon
•2017 International Guild of Realism Winter Salon, Marshall Gallery of Fine Art, Scottsdale Arizona •2016 Oil Painters of America Salon Show, Castle Gallery Fine Art, Fort Wayne Indiana
•2016 Childhood’s End Small Works Show, Olympia Washington
•2016 International Guild of Realism Juried Exhibition, Gallery 1261, Denver Colorado
•2016 Southwest Washington Juried Exhibition, The Gallery at the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia Washington
•2016 T.H. Brennen Fine Art, Scottsdale Arizona
•2016 Carla Louise Paine: Contemporary Classicism, The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia Washington
•2015 The Art Renewal Center Salon Exhibition at The European Museum of Modern Art, MEAM, Barcelona, Spain, and the Salmagundi Club, New York City
•2015 Oil Painters of America Salon Show at Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
•2015 Oil Painters of America National Exhibition at Cutter and Cutter Fine Art Galleries, St Augustine, Florida
•2015 Florence Academy of Art Alumni Exhibition at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey •2015 Art’s Walk at Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia Washington
•2014 The Richard Massey Foundation Presents Selected Work From the Florence Academy of Art Alumni, New York NY
•2014 Solo Exhibition at Olyphant Art Gallery, Olympia, Washington
•2013 Scottsdale Solon of Fine Art, Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona
•2013 Salon International Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio Texas
•2012 The National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society ‘Best of America’ Exhibition, Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar Missouri
•2012 Salon International Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio Texas
•2012 Florence Academy of Art Alumni Exhibition, Florence Italy
•2012 Group Exhibition Ann Long Fine Art ‘Young Collectors Show,’ Charleston South Carolina
•2011 Group Exhibition Ann Long Fine Art ‘Young Collectors Show,’ Charleston South Carolina Permanent Collection of the Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
•2010 Group Exhibition Galleria Paradima, Florence Italy
Awards and Honors
• 2019 ‘Best Nude’ in the Art Renewal Center Salon
• 2019 ‘Collections Magazine Award’ in the Art Renewal Center Salon
• 2019 Bill and Susan Rowett Collector’s Choice Award
• 2018 BoldBrush Painting Award
• 2017 Finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon
•2016 Winner of the ‘Dual Category Award’ in the Art Renewal Center Salon
•2016 Named ‘Artist to Watch’ by Southwest Art Magazine
•2015 ‘Best Nude’ in the Art Renewal Center Salon
•2015 Honorable Mention, Collection Beaux Arts Realiste Figurative Competition
•2015 Second Place, The Artist’s Magazine Figurative Competition
•2015 First Place in the Collection Beaux‐Arts Realiste Figurative Competition
•2015 Finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon
•2014 Finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon, Figurative
•2013 Finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon, Still Life
•2012 Award of Merit, The National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society ‘Best of America’ Exhibition •2012 Finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon, Figurative
•2012 Finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon, Still Life
Publications
•2016 “Art and Freedom Yearbook XI” Published by Galeria Artelibre
•2016 Article in Thurston Talk “Beyond the Stroke: Carla Paine, Oil Painter”
•2016 February issue of Southwest Art Magazine, Featured as an ‘Emerging Artist’
•2015 December Issue of The Artist’s Magazine, Second Place Awarded in the Figurative Category •2015 The Florence Academy of Art: The First 25 Years, written by Allison Malafronte
•2014 “Florence Art Stars Meet New York” by Jeffrey Carlson, Fine Art Connoisseur September issue of “Fine Art Today”
Academic
•2011 The Florence Academy of Art, Gothenburg, Sweden •2007‐2010 The Florence Academy of Art, Florence Italy
•2005‐2006 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Illinois
Greatly influencing Carla’s work over the last decade has been her settling onto an old family farm property in Washington State. With cows, hayfield, orchard and generous gardens, she has become engrossed by the transitions of nature, the dependence on harvest and the patterns of the growing season. Her landscapes, often including figures and livestock, are glimpses of her family’s pastoral existence. This intimacy with her subjects brings truth and originality to Carla’s compositions; the small Dexter cows are dutifully rendered with a personal touch, carefully worked gardens and overgrown fruit trees provide plentifully for her floral and still life paintings; her family at work lovingly depicted.
Along with her still life and landscapes, Carla’s figurative work displays technical mastery as well as a feminine inwardness that is particular to the artist. In the studio Carla continues to embrace the tradition of painting from life, hiring models for weeks and even months to complete a single work. Her figures can be found surrounded by a garden’s light flora or they can be found engrossed in a dark and rich background as though the figure itself was a delicately designed still‐life. This juxtaposition certainly has roots in the artist’s location: the golden evenings of late summer and fall, the dark and gray winter skies, the colorful bounty of spring and summer; the variety of hues and tactile sensations in the Pacific Northwest lends itself to the artist’s versatile vision.
Carla’s work is both diverse and cohesive. Embracing her technical abilities as well as enjoying experimentation, Carla’s work grows with her, each painting a personal exploration as the artist shares her vision of beauty.
Galleries and Exhibitions
•2019 International Guild of Realism 14th Annual Exhibition at the Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
•2019 The Art Renewal Center Salon Exhibition at The European Museum of Modern Art, MEAM, Barcelona, Spain, and at Sotheby’s in New York City •2019 Childhood’s End Small Works Show
•2019 International Guild of Realism Winter Salon
•2017 International Guild of Realism Winter Salon, Marshall Gallery of Fine Art, Scottsdale Arizona •2016 Oil Painters of America Salon Show, Castle Gallery Fine Art, Fort Wayne Indiana
•2016 Childhood’s End Small Works Show, Olympia Washington
•2016 International Guild of Realism Juried Exhibition, Gallery 1261, Denver Colorado
•2016 Southwest Washington Juried Exhibition, The Gallery at the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia Washington
•2016 T.H. Brennen Fine Art, Scottsdale Arizona
•2016 Carla Louise Paine: Contemporary Classicism, The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia Washington
•2015 The Art Renewal Center Salon Exhibition at The European Museum of Modern Art, MEAM, Barcelona, Spain, and the Salmagundi Club, New York City
•2015 Oil Painters of America Salon Show at Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
•2015 Oil Painters of America National Exhibition at Cutter and Cutter Fine Art Galleries, St Augustine, Florida
•2015 Florence Academy of Art Alumni Exhibition at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey •2015 Art’s Walk at Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia Washington
•2014 The Richard Massey Foundation Presents Selected Work From the Florence Academy of Art Alumni, New York NY
•2014 Solo Exhibition at Olyphant Art Gallery, Olympia, Washington
•2013 Scottsdale Solon of Fine Art, Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona
•2013 Salon International Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio Texas
•2012 The National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society ‘Best of America’ Exhibition, Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar Missouri
•2012 Salon International Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio Texas
•2012 Florence Academy of Art Alumni Exhibition, Florence Italy
•2012 Group Exhibition Ann Long Fine Art ‘Young Collectors Show,’ Charleston South Carolina
•2011 Group Exhibition Ann Long Fine Art ‘Young Collectors Show,’ Charleston South Carolina Permanent Collection of the Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
•2010 Group Exhibition Galleria Paradima, Florence Italy
Awards and Honors
• 2019 ‘Best Nude’ in the Art Renewal Center Salon
• 2019 ‘Collections Magazine Award’ in the Art Renewal Center Salon
• 2019 Bill and Susan Rowett Collector’s Choice Award
• 2018 BoldBrush Painting Award
• 2017 Finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon
•2016 Winner of the ‘Dual Category Award’ in the Art Renewal Center Salon
•2016 Named ‘Artist to Watch’ by Southwest Art Magazine
•2015 ‘Best Nude’ in the Art Renewal Center Salon
•2015 Honorable Mention, Collection Beaux Arts Realiste Figurative Competition
•2015 Second Place, The Artist’s Magazine Figurative Competition
•2015 First Place in the Collection Beaux‐Arts Realiste Figurative Competition
•2015 Finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon
•2014 Finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon, Figurative
•2013 Finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon, Still Life
•2012 Award of Merit, The National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society ‘Best of America’ Exhibition •2012 Finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon, Figurative
•2012 Finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon, Still Life
Publications
•2016 “Art and Freedom Yearbook XI” Published by Galeria Artelibre
•2016 Article in Thurston Talk “Beyond the Stroke: Carla Paine, Oil Painter”
•2016 February issue of Southwest Art Magazine, Featured as an ‘Emerging Artist’
•2015 December Issue of The Artist’s Magazine, Second Place Awarded in the Figurative Category •2015 The Florence Academy of Art: The First 25 Years, written by Allison Malafronte
•2014 “Florence Art Stars Meet New York” by Jeffrey Carlson, Fine Art Connoisseur September issue of “Fine Art Today”
Academic
•2011 The Florence Academy of Art, Gothenburg, Sweden •2007‐2010 The Florence Academy of Art, Florence Italy
•2005‐2006 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Illinois
