Squeak Carnwath by Simon Goldsmith

Bio

Squeak studied art in Illinois, Greece, Vermont, and California College of Arts and Crafts

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She studied ceramics, painting, and sculpture

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Taught at UC Berkeley from 1982, until 2010.

Created Artist Legacy Foundation (ALF) with fellow artists Viola Frey and Gary Knecht (her husband)

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ALF promotes the legacy of deceased artists and supports the community of upcoming artists

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Currently working in the same studio in Oakland since 1970

Art

-Art has both personal and universal elements

-including words and images (sometimes repeated throughout different works)

-Patterns + Shapes + Themes

"Squeak Carnwath draws upon the philosophical and mundane experiences of daily life"

-http://www.squeakcarnwath.com/info_bio.html

mun·dane

adjective - lacking interest or excitement; dull.-Google

The Whole Truth, 2006

The Whole Truth, 2008

Oil and Alkyd on canvas over panel
90” x 80”

Please, 2000
Oil and Alkyd on canvas
80” x 80”

Bibliography:

http://www.trbimg.com/img-57bd9ff6/turbine/sdut-lux-art-institute-squeak-carnwath-2015jun27
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2015-07-10-1436493576-8682800-IMG_6537.jpg
http://michaeldcommunications.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Carnwath.jpg
http://www.magnoliaeditions.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Carnwath-ImageF.00010.jpeg
http://jamesharrisgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/thewholetruth.jpg
http://www.magnoliaeditions.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Carnwath-ImageF.00001.jpeg
http://jamesharrisgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Please.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squeak_Carnwath