Art Blog - Carolyn Weltman

Join us at Babes Mean Business Holiday Bazaar on Sunday December 16th. Enjoy a glass of bubbly while you do your shopping. A great opportunity to find those last minute unique and interesting gifts and cards ..… Continue reading… 0 comments

Please join us for Babes Mean Business Holiday Bazaar on Sunday December 16th. Enjoy a glass of champagne. A great opportunity to find those last minute unique and interesting gifts and cards ..… Continue reading… 0 comments

Testosterone and Other Toppings Opening Reception Saturday October 13th 6pm - 10pm Vitruvian Gallery 734 7th Street, SE, 2nd Floor Washington, DC 20003 www.vitruviangallery.com www.vitruviangallery.com/gallery-news.html "Renowned NYC Artist, Carolyn Weltman debuts her stunning work in the Washington, DC area. If you follow male figurative art, you'll recognize Carolyn's unmistakable style from coverage in 100 Artists of the Male Figure, The Art of Man (a journal of male figurative art), and many other publications. "Testosterone and Other Toppings" includes over 30 pieces of her work featuring male, female, and transgender subjects. In each piece the artist depicts a form of aggression, contest, or sexual assertiveness… Continue reading… 0 comments

Still In The Game is possibly one of the strongest drawings I've ever done. So much power in this boxer down but not out and pulling himself up on the ropes… Continue reading… 0 comments

Queen Talulah. The art of Wabi Sabi, the art of imperfection, the art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in earthiness, of revering authenticity above all. This beautiful oil on 100% cotton rag has been sold. However she is available as a Unique Limited Edition Giclee in an edition of fifteen pieces. Signed, numbered and dated. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Price includes shipping… Continue reading… 0 comments

ON SALE - (reduced from $550). Price includes shipping. Sweet Dreams is really gentle and beautiful nude depicted sleeping quietly. This piece is a unique limited edition giclee in an edition of fifty pieces. Each is hand decorated with enamels and watercolour crayons (not shown here as each piece is created on an individual basis). Signed, dated and numbered and comes with a certificate of authenticity. Created on 100% cotton rag paper. Smaller open edition prints available. Please message me for details… Continue reading… 0 comments

You are invited to a Summer Soiree next weekend, June 9th. For more information or if you can't read the invitation, please contact me at carolyn@artforengineers.com or at 212 683 2698. This event should be lots of fun so put your fun hats on… Continue reading… 0 comments

I would like to donate the proceeds of this beautiful and unique limited edition print of Dragon Girl to the American Red Cross or any charity of your choosing for aid to Japan. Normally priced at $350, now priced at $200 + $15 shipping. Yes, I will gladly provide proof of donation. This limited edition is the original artist's proof. Created on a beautiful Schoellershammer Linen paper (cotton rag) with original handwork over the giclee. She is dated, signed and comes with a certificate of authenticity. (I am open to suggestion if you would prefer a different piece of work.) First offer claims her. Please email me with your request… Continue reading… 0 comments

Arts de Valentine Birmingham, Alabama's Second Annual Masked Erotic Art Show This year benefiting the Rape Response Program of the Crisis Center Sunday, February 13th, 6pm - 10pm The Wine Loft, 2200 1st Avenue North, Downtown Birmingham Suggested donation of $10.00 and $5.00 students Masks will be provided at the door I am truly honoured once again to have been invited as the guest artist to this Valentine's event which includes 18 wonderful artists, exotic belly dancers, great jazz saxophone and mysterious fortune tellers. Several of my larger paintings will be there, plus I am showcasing two new pieces at this event Looking forward to seeing many of the friends I made last year and to meeting many more of you. For more information, please go to www.artsdevalentine… Continue reading… 0 comments

Naughty Boys and Girls I have just finished hanging my exhibition which is opening in two days. A comprehensive collection of works by Carolyn Weltman Hosted by Basha Gallery December 9, 2010 6pm - 9:30pm Basha Gallery 45 East 34th Street Suite #3 Tel: 212 683 2698 or 917 499 6193 I'd be really thrilled to see any of you who live or are in the New York area, so please do attend and forward this invitation to your friends and your mailing lists… Continue reading… 0 comments

Its that time of the year again and erotic holiday cards are always fun. Every year I make a new holiday card to add to my collection. I've not made this year's yet. That one goes out to my mailing list family, friends and fans first of all. So far I have thirteen images offered as notecards. If you like them, please visit my holiday cards gallery at http://artid.com/members/CarolynWeltman/studio/13 and if you would like information on supplies to make your own, please do contact me. Each notecard is blank inside and packed with an envelope inside a cellophane. Size 4.25" _ 5.5 0 comments

Gitana Rosa Gallery Presents: HUNG Checking Out the Contemporary Male Opening Reception: Friday, September 17, 7-10PM September 17 -- October 16, 2010 To kick off the fall season, Williamsburg's Gitana Rosa Gallery, refracts the male gaze. Hung, a multimedia exhibition, hones in on the male nude. A heroic figure in Greek, Roman and Renaissance art, the male nude proves more fascinating than ever. Whether it is relegated to obscurity or exalted past recognition, men's bodies continue to challenge both men's and women's perceptions. Love them or hate them, Hung's male nudes tease the line between the sensuous and the glaringly obvious to present a nuanced portrait of the contemporary male… Continue reading… 0 comments

Yesterday I added a new gallery to my studio. A Homage to Curvy Women celebrates women's bodies and their beautiful curves. I've always loved to draw larger women, they remind me of voluptuous landscape. Hills and valleys. Woman historically have many issues with their bodies, be they small or large, fat or thin, long-legged, short-waisted. I find all of you quite beautiful. However there have been women (and men) that I've not wanted to draw or paint. Its about who they are and not what they are. And in case the men are feeling left out, I'll be adding a gallery for you soon. Interestingly, I do find larger women are more open to being drawn than larger men. Enjoy my large and lovelies. I'll be happy to hear what you think of them. You'll find them right here ..… Continue reading… 2 comments

I do normally try to keep my blogs positive, however sometimes a person just needs to vent. During my career as an artist, I've been disappointed many times by galleries who refused to return my work; people who have reneged on sales; and so many others who in some way or other, took advantage of my being an artist to disrespect that this is my career. I've come to understand that many people have a twisted view of the value of an artist's work. I've learnt to deal with knowing that "no matter what!" people will steal my images off the internet and even in some instances, claim them as their own. I've learnt to move on and I've also "toughened up"… Continue reading… 1 comment

ALL PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING I painted my lovely model, Lili all dressed up in her red dress straight onto the paper. Lili had bought a cd in the subway on the way over to the studio. The Stumblebum Brass Band. I tied her up in her red dress and turned up the music. Lili danced in place throughout our session. Her beautiful bottom bouncing in time to the music. You can see her dancing, can't you? The original painting was on exhibition at the National Arts Club in NYC in February 2009 and the limited edition print was recently on show at Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park. NJ and is being shown at The Dirty Show in Detroit, IL later this month. Original oil, watercolour, nail enamel and gesso on 100% cotton rag. Framed beautifully in a wood and brass frame… Continue reading… 2 comments

She Flies Through the Air was named after that wonderful song, "she flies through the air with the greatest of ease, the daring young girl on the flying trapeze ..." My model, Beth stayed in this pose for a whole hour for me as well as doing two other poses during the same session. One of which was a complete inversion. She's so dedicated, don't you think? This piece is also available as an open edition prints in smaller sizes and I also have the original drawing for sale. Please contact me for more information. Price includes shipping charges… Continue reading… 0 comments

I'm delighted that my drawing, Still in the Game has been selected for Calamus at 150 at the Hudson Guild Gallery, April 15 - June 1, 2010. This is a group show celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Calamus edition of Leaves of Grass. "I now suspect there is something fierce in you, eligible to burst forth: For an athlete is enamoured of me- and I of him. But toward him there is something fierce and terrible in me, eligible to burst forth," poem 36 http://artid.com/members/carolynweltman/art/35206-still-in-the-game/ If you would like to attend this show and need more information, please do contact me 0 comments

On Valentine's Day this year, Birmingham, Alabama hosted their very first Erotic Art Exhibition complete with belly dancers, (they were fabulous) masks, flashlights and most importantly, some really wonderful artwork. Leo Ticheli the organiser of this innovative event, unsure if he'd be run out of town or not, courageously rounded up his artists from both the immediate area and some of us from further afield to put together this event. Having been invited to attend and given a special mask to wear, I just as courageously headed south with a few of my paintings and drawings to lend a New York touch to the affair. The event brought in probably about four or five hundred people, we even witnessed a line at the door to get in… Continue reading… 2 comments

The day I decided to become an artist, I decided to do what is art. My decision to explore erotica and/or pornography in my painting and drawing was based on wanting to provide a message of acceptance and tolerance for one another. No judgements. One of the hardest lessons for us all to absorb. In my work I strive to demonstrate tolerance of self. Our bodies, minds, souls are to be honoured. Regardless of whether its Fine Art or Erotica or what some consider pornography that we're talking about, both are created from my time on earth, from my soul, my heart and my intellect, my sexuality and my physical being. To me, creativity is all of those things interwoven and working together… Continue reading… 1 comment

I am very excited to be participating in two exhibitions both opening in time for Valentine's day. Dragon Girl and She Flies Through the Air will be on view at ... The Dirty Show February 12 - 20, 2010 Bert's Warehouse Theater, 2739 Russell Street, Detroit, Michigan for more information: info@dirtydetroit.com or visit the website: http://www.dirtyshow.org At the other end of the erotic spectrum, I will be exhibiting and attending the opening of Arts de Valentine. I will be showing Gods and Men and The Carnival Queen at this exciting new venue which will benefit Bare Hands Gallery. Arts de Valentine is Birmingham's first erotic art exhibition and along with the music and belly dancers, there will be artwork from 16 invited artists… Continue reading… 0 comments