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Artist Statement:
Carol Hernandez is an animal
lover who also is a fine
artist. Her paintings reach
her viewers on many levels.
Evocative, her Natural
Symbolist style creates an
iconic image: every horse,
your horse, a wish for a
horse. The energetic
vibrations of her colors
awaken feelings: a memory, a
dream.
Although Hernandez, who paints
in both oil and acrylic,
received a formal art
education, graduating with
honors, she believes her best
training has come from
studying the work of her
favorite artists.
She was able to view first
hand works by Rembrandt,
Rubens, Monet and many other
old master paintings during
her tenure at the J. Paul
Getty Museum. At the Getty she
managed the creation of the
high-resolution digital
archive of the museum’s art
collection.
Carol’s work begins with one
of her original photographs
used as a reference. Using
multiple layers of paint,
pencil and pastel she builds
her paintings slowly using
color to create a painting
that soon becomes evocative of
her subject. While her art is
fresh, her technique evolved
out of a solid foundation of
academic study and atelier
experience.
In 2007 Carol won First Place
in The Artist Magazine Contest
for her ...
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