Dualities are inherent in everyday life and we often draw
meaning from two seemingly random objects juxtaposed in such a way
as to create a meaning. Beatrice Carlson's work is about unlocking
and illuminating these dualities and in doing so, creating new
instances of meaning.
Carlson studied oil painting at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Nice,
France and was drawn to experimenting with various media and
disciplines including charcoal drawing, photography and sculpture.
Her interest in experimentation led her to investigate digital
image manipulation and computer-based painting. For the past
seven years, Carlson has consolidated her digital
painting technique, basing all of her works in the hoard of
photographic images she takes to document her surroundings: the
objects, people and events that have a forceful impact on her
life.
As Carlson says of her intriguing technique, "The [digital
painting] gesture is the same, I use a graphic pen like a brush and
my hand moves in a fluid, spontaneous way embracing the space of my
screen as a canvas." The result is a series of images that blend
subjects seamlessly or depict the everyday with such intensity and
detail that new meaning is brought to the fore.