Synopsis
Carol Aronson-Shore describes her primary subject as "the way color shapes pictorial light and space," and nowhere is this more evident than in her signature landscapes and seascapes. Continuing in the tradition of American Luminist painters, Aronson-Shore uses color to create paintings characterized by a glowing light that adds depth and warmth to the experience. Finding inspiration in her hometown of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Aronson-Shore uses color, light, and form to explore the historic museum village in her Strawbery Banke series. This series developed from her earlier paintings of Monhegan Island, where she captured the rocky hillsides dotted with simple structures. Her paintings depict human shelters from a past time as well as their relationships to each other and to the natural landscape surrounding them. The Strawbery Banke Museum has provided the artist with a familiar subject combining an experience of time, place, and memory. Carol Aronson-Shore uses her finely tuned skills as a landscape artist to explore the built environment set against its natural surroundings. It is through this perspective that she artfully presents the contrast between man-made structures and the countryside. In Aronson-Shore's paintings, the natural environment is not just a backdrop for the built environment, as each setting is a thoughtful exploration of the interplay between the two. As Kimberly Alexander writes, "The series offers new glimpses and original concepts to an environment steeped in history, creating fresh perspectives and innovative dialogues held in balance by color, form, and light."
About the Author
Carol Aronson-Shore was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, where she received early professional training in classical and modern dance as well as the visual arts. She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from Boston University and a master s degree from the University of Chicago.In 1980, she moved to New Hampshire to join the art faculty at the University of New Hampshire, where she is a professor emeritus of painting and drawing. Her work has been exhibited in over one hundred fifty juried, invitational, one-woman, and group shows. Her paintings and drawings are in numerous private, public, and corporate collections in the United States and Europe.Reproductions of her work are included in Responsive Drawing (third edition) by Nathan Goldstein, New Hampshire: The Spirit of America (Harry Abrams, 2000), and Painting Portsmouth (Blue Tree, 2010). The White House Historical Association selected Carol to represent the state of New Hampshire by commissioning a painting for the 2000 bicentennial celebration of the White House. Carol s historical narrative painting is part of the permanent collection of the White House Historical Association and is frequently exhibited in Washington, D.C.The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts commissioned her paintings for three state buildings.She has been a recipient of three New Hampshire state fellowships and was named as a Lifetime Fellow by the council in 2005. Carol maintains her studio in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she lives with her husband, Barry Shore.
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