A couple of months ago, I was asked to take part in a local group exhibition commemorating the earthquake that struck Terceira on January 1, 1980. Many of the abandoned spaces captured in my Sonhos Melancholia exhibition are also remnants from this disaster. I have explained my captivation with this spaces in previous posts (nature reclaims itself & of that old house). The allure of plant life taking over the derelict structures feels metaphoric. As if this is a gorgeous yet subtly macabre reminder that we are all fragile living beings and we are able to survive. We are able to find beauty in desolation, and eventually come to grow and thrive again.
Carly Swenson is an intuitive painter originally from northern Montana. She spent more than a decade working primarily as a mixed media artist before shifting to acrylics. Swenson received a BFA in Visual Arts with an Art History Minor from Bemidji State University. During and after university, she traveled and lived abroad, this included studying in China, traveling throughout Europe and living both in England and the Azores.Swenson’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout the US and internationally. Her freelance writing and mixed media journals have been published in nationally distributed art magazines. She has facilitated art workshops for various age groups. Swenson’s work is also included in the permanent art collections of Angra do Heroismo Museum and Bemidji State University (Bemidji, MN). Currently, she lives in St. Paul, MN with a smart little dog and a weird little cat. They’re nice.
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Carly Swenson • Intuitive Artist 
this is certainly an interesting one… :)
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