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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Shows:
2001 University of
Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI
"Churches"
2001 Whaley Historic House,
Flint, MI "Previous Work"
2000 University of
Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI
"Buildings of Downtown"
Selected Group Shows:
2004 Greater Flint Arts
Council, Flint, MI "Michigan
Artists Invitational"
(Invitational of four
Michigan artists)
2002 Greater Flint Arts ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
2002 "Art Speak" Owosso, MI
cable show
Gallery Review in The Flint
Journal Thursday, November 8,
2001
"'Churches' offers sense of
splendor" by Grayce Scholt
"A group of 13 architectural
oil paintings called
"Churches" by Flint artist
Carolyn Sheltraw is on exhibit
at the University of
Michigan-Flint's Fine ...
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Collections:
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Commissions:
Mr. Donald Geren, Burton, MI,
USA
Mrs. Patricia Geren, Burton,
MI, USA
Mrs. Beverly Jones, Flint, MI,
USA...
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Artist Statement for Carolyn Sheltraw
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Although I have painted many other subjects most of my artwork contain architecture. In three years I have created nearly fifty paintings of buildings. I am attracted to the geometric aspects of these structures. When light hits them they can create some dramatic cast shadows. I am particularly drawn to buildings that are large and have architectural decoration. In my paintings, I create the towering effect of the buildings. Instead of standing back and painting the entire building I prefer to come up close and paint only a section of the building. My preferred view is the snapshot perspective of looking up toward the sky. I got this idea from photographs my parents snapped of Italian churches. Their photos depict only sections of the enormous churches. Therefore, I take photographs of buildings in the same method. Using these photographs as reference I paint the dramatic and powerful view of the buildings. Overall, churches tend to be my favorite type of building to paint because they are usually huge and dramatic.
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