Carrie Garrott "Three Wise Beetles" Watercolor on paper, 14" x 22", 2021.
Carrie Garrott, "Divided", Watercolor on paper, 11" x 15", 2021.
Carrie Garrott, "Blue Morpho", Watercolor on paper, 9" x 9", 2021.
Carrie Garrott, "Bound", Watercolor on paper, 11" x 14", 2020.
Carrie Garrott, "Emerald Cicada", Watercolor on paper, 7" x 11", 2020.
Carrie Garrott, "Torn", Watercolor on paper, 16" x 16", 2020.
Carrie Garrott, "Tangled", Watercolor on paper, 12" x 22", 2020.
Carrie Garrott, "Order and Chaos" Watercolor on paper, 10" x 22", 2020.
Carrie Garrott, "Dance", Watercolor on paper, 11" x 11", 2020.
Carrie Garrott, "Balance" Watercolor on paper, 12" x 15", 2019.
At its core, my work is about “life”; defined as: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings. I am especially interested in the delicate nature of life, its brevity and fragility. I strive to capture the delicacy and impermanence of life within my work. I feel that (because of their fragile forms) flowers and insects express delicacy well.
The insect forms in my paintings are protagonists for an allegory of life, I present them in a way that speaks of our human experience. Some of the paintings are based on a single word that describes a life situation or state of being. Others are simply an attempt to capture the fragility and impermanent forms of the insects in a state of stasis, reminding us of our own ephemerality.
The insect forms in my paintings are protagonists for an allegory of life, I present them in a way that speaks of our human experience. Some of the paintings are based on a single word that describes a life situation or state of being. Others are simply an attempt to capture the fragility and impermanent forms of the insects in a state of stasis, reminding us of our own ephemerality.