Beth Cartland

I love the physical process of applying paint to canvas. The spontaneous application of color and line to the prepared surface gives me a real sense of freedom and energy that connects the external world with my private interior space. I appreciate the dialogue that takes place between the painter and the work in progress. Each painting has its own demands, which evolves and reveals themselves thru the process of painting.
The process almost always begins with a line, or many lines, that I draw in a quick succession to overcome the blank canvas before it intimidates me. Then, I like to hang shapes and colors and textures among the lines. Sometimes they tell a story or illustrate an emotion, but not always. Often I add objects to the surface of my work, creating a collage out of patterns and paint, line and texture. When I work with a live model I start with a line drawing that is fairly representational but then work it into an abstraction of the mood or motion of the model.
For me, abstract art, like life, is always accessible and inaccessible at the same time. Both tangible and mysterious, abstract art contains the elements of surprise and spirituality.

M.F.A. in Painting, The American University, Washington, DC

B.F.A, Cameron University, Lawton, OK

B.S. in Environmental Design, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Additional studies:
Rhode Island School of Design
Corcoran School of Art and Design, Washington, DC
Central Texas College, Kileen, TX
Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Painting Fellowship with Kay Walkingstick
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Visual Arts Fellowship with Alison Saar

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 - Phoenix Gallery, NYC May "Collage"
2015 - Phoenix Gallery, NYC June “Undercover”
2013 - Phoenix Gallery, NYC Nov “Dialogue with Shape & Color”
2012 - Warm Springs Gallery, Charlottesville, VA Nov
2012 - Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Washington, DC June
2012 - Evolve Urban Arts Project - Washington, DC Jan
2011 - Phoenix Gallery, NY, September
2010 - Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Washington, DC , May–June “Multiple Choices”
2009 - Phoenix Gallery, NY City, April “From Darkness Into Light”
2007 - Anne C. Fisher Gallery, Washington, DC “Shaping Light”
2006 - Phoenix Gallery, New York City “Evolution Series”
2004 - Anne C. Fisher Gallery, Georgetown, “Moving Forward-Looking Back,
2003 - Installation “Hands”, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
1997 - University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
1995 - Phoenix Gallery, Gallery II, New York City, NC
1994 - Phoenix Gallery, Gallery II, New York City
1993 - Glen Echo Gallery, U.S. Department of the Interior, Glen Echo, MD
1993 - George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Silver Spring, MD
1992 - Rogers Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
1992 - Arts Alive Gallery, Montgomery County Arts Council, Bethesda, MD
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND JURIED SHOWS 2002–2014
Gallery 50, Rehoboth Beach, DE March, 2015
Susan Calloway Fine Art, Washington, DC, “Chance Encounters”, July, 2014
Chapel Hill Arts Council Selected Artists, Chapel Hill, NC, September 2012
Museum of the Great Plaines, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK , Nov, 2010
Cameron University Invitational, Lawton, OK, Nov. 2008
Sewall-Belmont Museum, Girls Gotta Run, Washington, DC June - Sept. 2008
The Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC 12 Painters, Jan. 2008
The Mansion at Strathmore, Rockville, MD Feb. 2008
25th Annual Montpelier Invitational Exhibition, four artists June-Aug. 2006
2006 Sculpture Now, Washington Square, Washington, DC, Sarah Tanguy, Juror
2005 Strathmore Hall, Bethesda, MD. “Exhibit of 12”
2003 Open Exhibition, Fairfax, VA, 2nd prize, Juror, Stephen Bennett Phillips, Curator, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Touchstone Gallery, Joe Shannon, Juror, Washington,l DC
Target Gallery, Kathleen Moran, juror, Alexandria, VA
Sculpture Now ’03- Giorgio Furioso, Juror – Washington, D.C.
American Center for Physics, Sarah Tanquy, Curator, College Pk, MD
Nexus Gallery, National Juried Small Works Show, New York City, NY
Sculpture Now, Phil Lee, Juror, Washington D.C.
Spectrum Gallery, “Artists Invite Artists,” Washington, D.C.
2002 - Harmony Hall, Two-Woman Show, Ft. Washington, MD
2002 - Leslie Powell Gallery & Foundation, Two-Woman Show, Lawton, OK

MUSEUMS, CORPORATE EXHIBITIONS and COLLECTIONS
PNC Bank Corporate Collection, PNC Towers, Pittsburgh, PA
US Embassy, Zagreb, Croatia
US Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan
Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
GTE Government Systems Corporation, Chantilly, VA
TRW Systems Integration Group, Fairfax, VA Mitre Corporation, Reston, VA
Logistics Management Institute, McLean, VA
Whiteford, Taylor, and Preston, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.
Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA, Corporate Art Program, Washington Technology Park, Chantilly,VA
Serendipity Labs, Bethesda, MD
Long and Foster/Christie's International, Bethesda, MD

abstract, expressionist