A way of seeing in the anthropocene

These paintings rely on slow wanderings on roads, trails and pathways. These wanderings become memory, and in memory there is always an element of invention, of imagination. The practice of making art is a way of having a conversation with this altered version of a past reality- remembering moments or places more for the way they felt than the strict visual facts of how they looked. Caro has a professional background in architecture, where the world operates in straight lines and correct answers. Making art becomes a place of pure experience and expression, with fewer rules to follow, more ways to do things than just a single ‘right way’. It becomes a way of interpreting and collaborating with past experiences – the way it felt to move through a space with feet and hands, to feel sunlight or smell pine needles. Caro often creates paintings using more materials than just ‘paint’ – often incorporating more tactile elements such as sewn-in embroidery thread or textured tissue paper in addition to acrylic and gouache on canvases. Creating work in this way opens up a dialogue with experience that is freer and more honest.

This work investigates the role of perception on experience - by the simple act of paying attention, does the world around us fundamentally change? Can we make something feel full of magic and wonder, just by telling ourselves all of the ways that it is? Can we participate in the creation of our own realities?

All work available for purchase - send email for inquiries to carozobservations@gmail.com