Longtime Phillips artist and well-respected abstract painter Carolyn Coalson says, “If there is ever a time of transition for me on many levels, it is now, 2015.” She is trying to “keep a balance between what must be done outside the studio, which is an upheaval of sorts, and what goes on inside the studio which is silent. I keep it compartmentalized. Off limits to otherwise worldly cares that bring me to a halt as I try to figure them out, the studio becomes an, excuse the word, sanctuary. Once there, I’m OK.”

Recently she was low on supplies, and went to town to buy a tube or two of paint. She bought gesso panels instead of canvas, but won a raffle for art supplies. When she got them, there were unfamiliar items “including impasto mediums, small block panels, colors I’ve never heard of, and inks. I  am experimenting with these inks and gold tone acrylics, etc.”

She has accepted the current popular Facebook challenge to post three paintings a day — but Carolyn is painting new ones rather than showing work from the past, and utilizing those supplies and small block panels she won.

“Every day brings a challenge.  A new year is too big a chunk to deal with. So I’ll just do what I have done for 40-plus years. Continue my pursuit in paint,” the resolute artist states.

You can find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/carolyn.coalson?fref=ts