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The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces. ~ St. Thomas Aquinas

 

Neadeen Masters CDA - Country Carousel Art©

 This website last updated Feburary 2011

Latest 2010 Paintings

'Mexican Oriole'©2010

Featured in the popular AAO Online Art Magazine

'Memories'©2010

This painting will be showcased at the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky this

September 2010

Turtle Reef - This painting is taught as an online art class at the Art Apprentice Online Art School - www.aaoclassroom.com

Turtle Reef - ©2010 - Online art class taught at the Art Apprentice Online Art School

Toucan in the Mist ©2010

Online art class taught at the Art Apprentice Online Art School

'An Artist's Point of View'©2006

 

Country Carousel is a working art studio located in the Okanagan Valley. The studio is situated just outside the city of Kelowna, in the Western Canadian Province of British Columbia.  Resident artist, Neadeen Masters CDA, paints, teaches and develops online art seminars and online art art classes at her art studio. Join the artist at either one of two online art schools as she takes you along her painting journey. Share her personal thoughts about artistic development, creativity and growth as a maturing artist, her philosophy about art education & her love of teaching and painting.

Join her as she presents her work at the two Online Art Schools or view a sampling of early works on the Gallery pages. Explore the painting style, thoughts and techniques behind her work. Please visit the links on the left of this page to navigate your visit.

 

Location

Country Carousel Art Studio

1021 Avondale Place,

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, V1Z3J9

email: neadeenmasters@artapprenticeonline.com

 

History of the ‘Artist's Studio’

How did this word 'studio' come to be associated with the artist?

In the art community, a ‘studio’ is a place where the artist creates their artwork. Most artists have a favorite ‘space’ where their creative energies flow without outside interruption. Today that place is often referred to as their 'Studio'. Two different meanings, one positive and one negative have been associated with this word.

The word ‘studio’ as it relates to art, can be traced back to the High Renaissance of the fourteenth century.  The word itself comes from the Latin word 'studere'.  There was a negative connotation attached to this word which continued through to modern times. During the Renaissance period which is said to have began in northern Italy, there were elite groups of educated artists; these were the intellectuals of the day who were commissioned by the heads of State. These artists looked down on the ‘lowly’ amateur artist who created ‘studio art’ as much as to say that studio art was considered inferior as it was not created by professionals whose work held great scientific, historical or classical merit like the works of the commissioned elitist.

In the twenty-first century, the ‘studio’ artist can now also be recognized as an artist who has a ‘working’ studio or one who makes his livelihood from this place. He is then considered a professional. In contrast to the artist who might create work in an art class, or art school, university or some other place of learning. Now the word 'studio' has a more positive appeal.

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'The Painter in his Studio' by Francois Boucher (French)

Artist Quote
"The only way to understand painting is to go and look at it. And if out of a million visitors there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums" ~ Pierre Auguste Renoir

 

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Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. ~ Leo Tolstoy

 

Artist Quote
Evolution of the art reflects the evolution of the person. After dramatic developments in the artist's life, the art will reflect the changes ~ unknown

 
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