M.C. Carolyn

M.C. Carolyn’s “The Listener” has attracted a lot of attention to itself and other exhibits at this year’s 7th Cloverdale Annual Sculpture Exhibit. Art comes alive when it gets people thinking and communicating - “The Listener” is functioning very well indeed in this respect.

This large sculpture presents a woman seated on a pedestal and listening to the world around her. She patiently sits waiting for sounds of laughter, joy, music and the magic of the world. MCC has chosen to portray “The Listener” in vivid green, a color that matches the new leaves of Spring.

“The Listener” is created using a new medium invented by MCC: an interior welded steel armature is surrounded by the carved foam form. This foam is a new industrial high density material used within the building industry and road construction. MCC finds this new medium liberates her from the restrictions of her traditional medium of stone.

Her subject matter is usually based on the human figure, with the attention being focused on movement and human conditions. What is this person doing? Why? Is he/she rising up, bending over, angry, loving reclining? MCC bestows each piece with so much more than just a beautiful figure. “The Listener” follows in this lineage.

MCC studied at the San Francisco Art Institute. She has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally, and her pieces can be found in both public and private collections around the world.

M.C. Carolyn

Photo by Tedd Peterson