CAROLE BLEISTEIN n.c.s.,i.s.e.a.

LAKE HIGHLAND STUDIO *COLLAGE *SUMI* MONOTYPES* COLOR CONSULTING

I mix the two cultures of Canada and the North Western United States in my work. I  have been exhibiting consistently in over 400 exhibitions National, International, and Solo exhibits. Jurying exhibitions, earning signature membership in the National Collage Society and International Society of Experimental Artists. I teach workshops,speak to arts organizations these are just some of my areas of involvement. I was acting Regional Representative of the Northwest Collage Society for over ten years. Also have had a web presence for the past nine years connecting me to artists around the world. I have my own distinct style and originality. It echos many Northwest moods and feelings with it's highly textured and asian feel. Recently I was included in books about Northwest Artists and The National Collage Society. Art is my passion, my love, to create and express color and emotion through it is pure joy. I like my work to be free to make one's immagination work. It is a gift of color, form and freedom, it doesn't stop when I stop painting, it continues with each set of eyes that see it and every mind that is touched by it. 

 To be an artist begins with a vision_ a creative operation requiring an effort. Creativity takes courage.”

        Henri Matisse

“ Every good artist paints what he is.”

        Jackson Pollock

“ The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the Place: From sky, from Earth. From a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web. “

        Pablo Picasso

“ Color possesses me. I don’t have to pursue it. It will possess me always. I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour: color and I are one. I am a painter.

        Paul Klee

“ Every incentive to paint is as good as another. There is no poor subject.”

        Robert Rauschenberg

“ A critic is someone who meddles with something that is none of his business.”

        Paul Gauguin

“Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.”

        Pablo Picasso


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

National Collage Society
Northwest Collage Society
International Society of Experimental Artists
Northwest Watercolor Society
Women's Caucus for the Arts
Northwest Artists Association

Awards
NWCS First place, Annual Show 2010
Northwest Collage Society,2008
Kent State University
Hudson Gallery National Collage Society
Post card Exhibit NYC Lincoln Center
Art Showcase Internet Award, NCS
Alabama Abstractions in Black and white
Parke Lane Gallery MIniature show
Northwest Collage Society
Peoples Choice Award St. Michele Winery
Mayors Purchase Award "rites of Autumn Fine Arts Exhibit"
Collage '87 Pacific fine Arts Gallery, Glen alps juror

Selected Exhibitions
National Collage Society Annual exhibit
Art House Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Post Card Exhibit,Mansfield Art Center,OH
Mansfield Art Center,Ohio
Sequim Arts Juried 2010 Show,Jake Seniuk juror
Gallery By the Bay,WA.
National Collage Society,  Cornell Museum Del Ray Beach, florida
National Collage Society, Cleveland Ohio
National Collage Society, Kent State University
Lincoln Center, New York
International Society of Experimental Artists
Dennos Gallery University of Michigan
Everett Community College Gallery
Abstractions, Birmingham, alabama
N.C. S. Annual Washington State Trade & Convention center
Arts council of Snohomish NWCS Millennium
Exhibition
Pacific Northwest Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Bellevue
Artsplash, Redmond WA.
Kirsten Gallery Marine Exhibition

organic series #5
Studio companion
Parker is my constant companion and has a big influence on my mood when painting. He makes me laugh and have a good time while painting. Not always the easiest to collage with as he thinks he pulls paper apart better than me. Oh and sometimes he does. :)
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