"Connected to Nature" Healdsburg exhibit August 2023

​"Connected to Nature" Mixed media collage paintings by Carolyn Wilson.

Exhibit Dates:
July 31 - Aug 27 2023
Open daily 11-6

Upstairs Art Gallery,
306 Center Street, Healdsburg, CA
​(Inside Levin & Company Books, on Healdsburg Plaza).

Opening Reception:
Saturday August 5th
​3:30-5:30pm

I will also be hosting the gallery from  11-6 on Saturday August 12th and Friday August 18th
​if you want to stop by when I"m there.

Poppy Patterns © Carolyn Wilson. Mixed media collage on canvas 24" x 18". Natural wood frame. $1490

​Sonoma County artist, Carolyn Wilson, presents Connected to Nature, a collection of mixed media paintings that capture the artist’s feelings of awe in nature and express the energy and aliveness she observes in flowers, trees and creatures.  In “Poppy Patterns” we find dancing poppies and pods that come alive in this piece.  “Incorporating both impressionism and realism allows me to convey the energy and spirit of the natural world.  When painting, I am completely absorbed, get lost in the flow and totally tap into my intuition.  It is mystical, magical, meditative,” says Wilson.  Like magical puzzle pieces, thousands of pieces of tissue and rice paper converge to transport the viewer to a special place in nature.
An artist for over 20 years, Wilson has participated in Sonoma County Art Trails Open Studios since 2014. Her collage paintings have been published in 2 books: The Encyclopedia of Watercolour Techniques by Hazel Harrison (UK, 2018) and The New Encyclopedia of Watercolor Techniques by Hazel Harrison (USA, 2010).

"Wisteria Waterfalls" © Carolyn Wilson. Mixed media collage. 6" x 12". Natural wood frame. $325

"Zen Gardens" © Carolyn Wilson, Mixed media collage, 14" x 18", Maple frame. $850

"California Meadow" © Carolyn Wilson, mixed media collage. 9" x 6". Maple frame. $275

"Solstice Sunflower"©Carolyn Wilson, Mixed media collage on watercolor paper, 16" diam circle , framed 18"x18", $850

"Flower Power" © Carolyn Wilson. Mixed media collage on canvas. 11" x 14". Maple frame. $560

"Lacy Summer" ©Carolyn Wilson, mixed media collage on canvas, maple frame. $675

"Lavender and Lace" ©Carolyn Wilson, mixed media collage on canvas, 14 x 11 x 1.5 deep. No frame. (canvas sides are collaged). $495