http://www.floydfolks.org & http://www.littlefamilyfarm.com 1-540-808-2880 - floydlcfgroup@gmail - PO box 179 Floyd,Virginia 24091--------The Spirit of Children
The Art and Life of Karen Carrino
A Book Compiled by Deborah Carrino, with and Introduction by Marilyn Green
Published by Prometheus Books, 59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst, NY 14228, www.prometheusbooks.com.
This hardcover collection features 124 works by Karen Carrion on the subject of young children.
Karen Carrinos ink and pencil drawings, oil and watercolor paintings, and clay sculptures of children reveal a depth of feeling and a level of craft that are remarkable in such a young artist. Her tragic death in a 1972 car accident, just a few days after her nineteenth birthday, is all the more poignant in view of the artistic legacy she left behind. With this collection of 124 works on the subject of young children, Deborah Carrino celebrates her sisters great talent and shares Karens love for the special inner qualities of children which are revealed in skillfully rendered figures, extraordinary attention to detail, and an ability to capture the elusive and intertwined emotions of her subjects.
Much of Karens work was sold by her grief-stricken father at an art show shortly after her death. In 1990, Deborah, a survivor of the hit-and-run crash that killed Karen; her eight year old brother, Michael; and three-year-old Lisa Boudrie, launched a search for Karens work, eventually locating nearly three hundred pieces.
Karen saw children as lively and truthful, natural and unhidden, in a way that adults often arent. For Karen, there was no separation between her art and her life. She had passionate beliefs about child rearing and childhood education. She hoped to one day teach young children. I want to free children, she told a reporter at an art show held during her senior school in high school.
In all of her work there is no distracting background, nothing to stand between the viewer and the child. Karens work gives us the chance to attend to the child as seriously and respectfully as she did. Her own quiet strength is apparent in the clear focus and straightforwardness of her work.
Karens work has been the subject of three exhibitions that have generated local and international media attention from the CNN, the CBS Evening News, the New York Times, and the Associated Press.
Deborah Carrino, an artist in her own right, has had her work shown alongside Karens at the Paterson Museum in Paterson, New Jersey. She continues to search for more of what remains of Karens art. She looks forward to memorializing Karens commitment to the education of children by contributing a portion of the proceeds of this book to organizations dedicated to improving the lives of children.
Marilyn Green is a freelance writer and a teacher in the English departments of New York University and Hunter College.
The book can be bought at Barnes & Noble and Borders if in stock. Or it can be ordered through www.amazon.com.
----------------------This video was produced by the LCF Group, ( We are on The Crooked Road Heritage Music Trail and the Round The Mountain Artisan and Craftsman Venue as a great place to visit ) Floyd Professional Center, Village Green, Floyd Virginia. The LCF Group consist of David Larsen KK4WW, Gaynell Larsen KK4WWW and Dee Wallace KG4VMI. We are all radio amateurs and also are Directors of The Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service ( FAIRS) also located in Floyd Virginai. N4USA is the radio call for FAIRS and we have operated in Dominica as J79WW J79WWW J79VMI and many other countries. We are members of The Floyd Amateur Radio Society FARS. The LCF Group (1-540-745-2322) ham radio morse code cw amateurradio hamradio The following have activities in Floyd County, Virginia http://www.va-mountainland.com http://www.virginiamountainland.Com http://www.lcfarticles.com http://www.bugbookseries.com http://www.bugbookcomputermuseum.com http://www.bugbook-computer-museum.com http://www.bugbook.org http://www.bugbook.us http://www.bugbook.net http://www.bugbooks.info http://www.bugbooks.us , bugbook historical microcomputer museum , http://www.floydcountyvirginia.org http://www.fairs.org http://www.floydfolks.org and http://www.microcomputerhistorymuseum.com in Floyd Virginia. Www.floydvisitorcenter.com Www.visitfloydvirginia.org http://www.floydvirginia.org compass magazine log cabin Roanoke mountain home www.virtualblueridge.com blue ridge Parkway Destination Center www.floydtourismdirertory.com http://www.stpierrewoodworking.com http://www.floydcountyvirginia.org Bill St Pierre Floyd Virginia http://www.nationalmusic.us
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We are in the Appalachian Music community of Floyd Virginia - I am also making a small museum display of some of my computers available to the public in the Village Green. We are on the "Blue Ridge Parkway" & " The Crooked Road - Virginia's Heritage Music Trail" . A lot of good things here - drop in and see us sometime. Also if you are biker this is a big stop over for riders on the Blue Ridge Parkway - Dave
lcfgroup 5 months ago
how much money is her work worth;
brokenheart9087 8 months ago
@brokenheart9087 I don't know the value but I can guess it does have a significant value -- why don't you join with Deborah on Facebook and ask her - she is here in Floyd and great lady. Dave
sorry to be late in my response to you.
lcfgroup 7 months ago