Joel Carpenter

Joel Carpenter’s paintings explore the relationship between women and their experience of the world. Both sensitive and stark, his compositions allow the viewer to ruminate on his suggestive titles, such as, “What Else Will You Take From Me?” Carpenter treats the female form elegantly; his figures possess the same kind of mystery of serenity as portraits of the Madonna. Each face conveys a complicated interior life going on beneath its surface, which Carpenter suggests through his muted color palette and boldly exaggerated eyes. In his work, the artist likes to let his artistic inspiration flow out from within. Like the Abstract Expressionists, Carpenter says he has “the same fervor and desire to let the painting process dictate the imagery.” Joel Carpenter has been painting and exhibiting his work for thirty years. He lives and works in Colorado.

Form and Substance
Reception: Thursday February 22, 2007 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates: 2/20/2007 - 3/13/2007

Invitation to Joel Carpenter's exhibition

What Else Will You Take From Me? Oil on Canvas 48" x 24" $3800 What Else Will You Take From Me? Oil on Canvas 48" x 24" $3800	Georgia O' Keefe Oil on Canvas 30" x 24" $1900 Georgia O' Keefe Oil on Canvas 30" x 24" $1900
I Thought I Heard The Wind Whisper My Name Oil on Canvas 48" x 24" $3800 I Thought I Heard The Wind Whisper My Name Sold Oil on Canvas 48" x 24" $3800	Sassy Oil on Canvas 36" x 24" $3800 Sassy Oil on Canvas 36" x 24" $3800
Sick Of Love Oil on Canvas 36" x 24" $3200 Sick Of Love Oil on Canvas 36" x 24" $3200