Caroline H Duggan

I have been obsessed with landscapes for as long as I can remember. Traveling around the world collecting memories of “that perfect view” became a goal early on in my life. The paintings that I create are inspired by the many different views that I’ve encountered close to home and in distant places. Some of the paintings are obviously site specific, while others remain mysterious and may be images that reside in the collective memory. Recreating these images through the artistic process is an escape for me. It enables me to find calm in the experimentation and use of materials and the serenity in the memory of things.
As an artist I am extremely interested in the ways that landscapes are ever changing, with seasons, environmental shifts and urban development. I often emphasize season, and time of day in an attempt to draw the viewer not only into a specific landscape, but also to a specific moment in time, and allude to the feelings that could be associated with that moment. I use a perspective that seems to radiate from the viewer back into space, as well as exaggerated color temperatures and surface textures that add to the idea of inviting a moment. Watercolor paint is the medium that brings me the most joy. The lack of control ...

BFA (Hons) in Painting and Art Education- Pratt Institute, 2005
MS in Art Education-UNK 2016

Focus on Landscape, Ridgefield Guild, Ridgefield, CT, November 2022
Art Walk at Sotheby’s Ridgefield, CT August 2020
Art Walk at Sotheby’s Ridgefield, CT August 2019
“Landscape Focus” Brasley Gallery Cleveland, OH June 2018
Art Walk, Solo show at Town Hall Ridgefield, CT September 2017
Print Show, The Basement Gallery Brooklyn, NY January 2015
Group Show, Argosy Gallery Bar Harbor, ME April 2015
Solo exhibition, Brasley Fine Arts Cleveland, OH September 2014
Solo Exhibition, Art Walk Town Hall Ridgefield, CT August 2014
Group Show, The Basement Gallery Brooklyn, NY June 2014
Group Show, Shaheen Gallery Cleveland, OH January 2014
Group Show, Mark Twain Library Redding, CT January 2013
Group Show Westport Art Center Westport, CT August 2012
“Small Works” Edward Hopper Art Center Nyack, NY June 2012
Center for Contemporary Printmaking Norwalk, CT May 2012
*3nd prize Bradley Hubble House Easton, CT ...