Uprooted
Uprooted
by Jean Frey
Pastel
Scroll down for artist statement & bio.
If purchased, this piece must be left on display at the Cameron-Masland Mansion through the end of the exhibit on November 8. CALC staff will pick the work up from the mansion the following week and will contact buyers to arrange pick up of the work from our facility at 38. W. Pomfret Street in Carlisle. Pick-up is preferred, but arrangements can also be made at that time to ship work for a shipping fee. Quotes cannot be provided for shipping until after Nov 8. We will do our best to keep shipping affordable, while getting your purchase to you safely.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Gallery Director, Abria Donato: 717-249-6973, info@carlislearts.org. CALC is closed to the public on Sunday and Monday. You can expect a response by Tuesday.
Artist Statement
When arriving at the lovely plein air location chosen for the day, I walked the property and away from the nicely groomed grounds, there was a weedy creek whose banks were supporting a large, old tree whose roots appeared torn from the ground. There was something poignant about the branches reaching to the sky when they used to spread out from the trunk. The tree displayed a dignity that inspired me to paint it. I chose to paint on sanded paper and worked with mostly soft pastels to capture the shading and color values of the dying tree. It was a cloudy day and there weren’t many shadows to show but somehow that seemed to fit the mood I was aiming to achieve.