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46 Days & More Axoms
I left home at the age of 14, and have been
a working artist ever since. As a kid, I worked as a cutter in
the apparel industry with my family, and so I have reclaimed a
form of pattern making by incorporating the papers used in making
master garment patterns for manufacturing into my paintings. I've
kept a daily journal of drawings and writings on the same manila
paper used in the industry, which lead me to address images of
heredity, dysfunction, anxiety, and gender. I tend to revisit
my childhood a lot to resolve my own personal issues, but I am
using garment patterns and such to lead me out of the dark. I have
found this to be a useful medium in expressing myself. I like to
use shapes like collars and sleeves and mix these with sewing pins
and genetic biology to create my own self-made cellular life and
imagery. In many ways, it is the imagery of a little girl trying
to come to terms with her own abilities even though she is plagued
with self-doubt. Making the work is what drives me to live and
stay interested in life; dissecting it like a scientist brings
about a sense of control, which helps me to change and grow.
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About Carol Es
Carol Es is a self-taught artist and native Los Angelina. Her dichotomous, artistic nature formed early at age six, drawing cartoons underneath tables in bowling alleys. Shy and reclusive, she spent much of her adolescence alone in public libraries, teaching herself to read. She has come to express herself wholly in her art after surviving childhood abuse, neglect, rape and disability, using past experience as the fuel for subject matter. Carol is represented by the George Billis Gallery and is a recent recipient of a grant from the Durfee Foundation in Los Angeles.
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