SARA CARTER, HOUSTON, TX, USA. lives and works IN AUSTIN, TX, USA

artists website: www.saracarter.com

CARTER IS REPRESENTED BY DE BOER GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA, USA / ANTWERP, BELGIUM

Over the last 30 years, Carter has steadily produced several bodies of painting distinctive and exceptional in the use of color and openness present. Together the typologies have served as a laboratory in which Carter experiments with freedom, control, and the fixing of an image. Carter is also interested in human emotions; tragedy, ecstasy, indecision, and communication in efforts to plumb the depths of herself and the human condition.

Carter’s work is luminous and illusionistic yet bracingly sculptural and physical. Achieved by a masterful mixture of oversized and small brushes, Carter builds the foreground as a destination for shapes in a combination of colors. Spontaneous action is preceded by essential extended periods of observation. This is a time for Carter when the next maneuver is deeply considered. The emerging composition is often interrupted with brushstrokes and gestural movements, creating mystery and prompting questions about its construction.