Carolyn Reynolds American, b. 1947
“Obsessed by Nature’s mysterious movement and light, I focus on those ineffable moments in nature that silence me. In the studio, I paint these moments on gold and silver leaf. The leaf reflects the changing light and captures ephemeral moods. After many years painting on gold and silver leaf, it is still an endlessly unfolding experiment.”
- Carolyn Reynolds
Carolyn Reynolds is a brilliant innovator. The quasi-abstract canvases she creates from her Laguna Beach based Studio are produced using countless foils of thin gold leaf. Layer upon layer, the foils are applied to create a shimmering surface on which the artist places hummingbirds, waves, landscapes and tumultuous ocean scenes. The vibrant gold and silver of Reynolds’ work offers an image of celebratory splendor. Using a traditional process in a very contemporary fashion, Reynolds' golden canvases juxtapose subject and space in such a way that challenges our assumptions about the obligatory flatness of abstraction.
Reynolds has been exhibited in California museums, featured in many one-man shows throughout the United States and is in the permanent collections of corporations worldwide including The Ritz-Carlton, The Four Seasons, Comerica Bank, and the Marriott Corporation.
Carolyn Reynolds resides and works in Southern California.
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Carolyn Reynolds - Painting Into Light
14 Oct - 11 Nov 2020 Laguna Beach, Palm Desert"Carolyn Reynolds: Painting into Light" highlights the rare, chance occurrences that abound in nature. By contrasting simplicity with complexity, vastness with the infinitesimally small, motion with stillness, Carolyn Reynolds reveals another aspect of the world we live in—a fleeting paradox of a life so small, and yet so perfectly in harmony with the boundless forces of the universe. Enter into the quiet moments, and reflect.Read more -
Luminous Reverie
17 - 31 May 2019 Laguna Beach, Palm DesertIf you cast your mind’s eye to make a quick review of some of the great paintings of the Western tradition you might find that you are thinking—without realizing it—about...Read more -
Objects of Beauty
Contemporary Still Life Painting 6 Mar - 20 Apr 2015 Laguna Beach, Palm DesertStill Life painting, or paintings composed of inanimate objects usually seen in an interior space (but not always), represents a rich tradition throughout art history. It would be hard to...Read more
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Local Arts
Spring 2018 October 22, 2020Read more -
Pelican Hill Magazine
Spring 2019 September 22, 2020Read more -
Pelican Hill Summer 2018
September 18, 2020Read more -
Pelican Hill Summer 2019
September 18, 2020Read more -
Montage Spring Cover
August 18, 2020Read more -
American Masters
May 5, 2020Read more -
California Homes Magazine August 2019
Shopping for Art in Laguna Beach August 1, 2019Celebrating its 22nd year, Dawson Cole Fine Art was recently featured in California Homes Magazine's August 2019 issue as one of the 'go to' places...Read more
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Carolyn ReynoldsBlue Duo, 2020Oil and silver leaf on canvas12 x 12"$ 1,100.00
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Carolyn ReynoldsDuo Over Bright Silver II, 2020Oil and Silver Leaf on Canvas24 x 18"
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Carolyn ReynoldsHummers Over Copper Horizon IV, 2020Oil and Silver Leaf on Canvas24 x 18"
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Carolyn ReynoldsHummingbirds in Ascension Over Gold, 2020Oil and gold leaf on canvas18 x 12"
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Carolyn ReynoldsIn Flight Over Blue and Copper, 2020Oil and silver leaf on canvas20 x 20"
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Carolyn ReynoldsDuo in Copper and Aqua, 2019Oil and silver leaf on canvas30 x 24"
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Carolyn ReynoldsRed Headed Hummingbird in Solo Flight, 2019Oil on Silver Leaf12 x 12"$ 1,100.00
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Carolyn ReynoldsRendezvous in Aqua and Gold, 2019Oil and silver leaf on canvas30 x 24"
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Carolyn ReynoldsThree Hummingbirds in Golden Summer, 2019Oil and gold leaf on canvas30 x 42"
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Carolyn ReynoldsTwo Hummers in Rose Light, 2019Oil and gold leaf on canvas18 x 12"$ 1,350.00
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Carolyn ReynoldsTwo Hummers in Smokey Silver II, 2019Oil and silver leaf on canvas36 x 30"
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Carolyn ReynoldsHummingbirds in Shining Gold II, 2018Oil and gold leaf on canvas30 x 30"
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Carolyn ReynoldsTwo Hummers in Smokey Skies, 2018Oil and silver leaf on canvas36 x 30"
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Carolyn ReynoldsEncounter Over Soft ChampagneOil and silver leaf on canvas12 x 12"$ 1,100.00
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Carolyn ReynoldsSingle Hummer Over TealOil and silver leaf on canvas12 x 12"$ 1,100.00
