Doug Carey
About the Artist
My primary painting venue, Tenrag Studio, is located at our home in Sunapee, N.H. Following a long finance career in the NYC area with our primary home in Fairfield, CT, I ventured off to retirement in 2022. I have since transitioned spending more time at our Lake Sunapee home. I am an avid outdoorsman of many sorts, and spend extensive time hiking with our two black labs throughout the woods and mountains of N.H. As you will see, this creates many of my painting inspirations. But I also enjoy traveling as you will also notice influences in my portfolio.
A little bit about my painting journey and approach below.
Background
I began formal art studies in college with fine art classes in studio drawing, painting, art history and design. With pending retirement, I started to reinvigorate my art focus taking classes, most recently at Silvermine Art Center in CT, and building an art studio in our NH lake home. I am continuing to explore my artistic learning, attending artist retreats and seeking experienced mentors, to enhance and broaden my skills and outlook.
Philosophy
I am committed to a continuous artistic learning journey across a broad spectrum; from academic to impressionist to abstract styles, color theory, drawing skills, and almost all other aspects of artistic creation. Even though my recent work has been dominated by oil paint mediums predominately focused on impressionist landscapes, I plan to explore a wide variety of subjects and mediums.
Painting Approach
I am constantly searching and assessing subject matters that I think might create an inspiring composition. Once I start to consider a painting subject, I have to consider numerous issues from the approach to value orientation of subject, hue color and paint saturation relationships, and compositional strategy. Once I begin a painting, it’s never a straight-line journey, as I go through emotional waves when things seem to be working or not, but I almost always seem to find a path to a very rewarding and satisfying final painting. And I almost always seem to find a point where the painting seems complete and not requiring or needing any additional work, which is a very satisfying juncture. Because of this somewhat emotional journey for each painting, each piece brings back very strong connections of that creation journey.