Carol Sideman Blue Sea 1975 Painting

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Artist: Carol Sideman– American (1925-2021)
Title: Blue Sea #57
Year: circa 1975
Medium: Acrylic paint, gouache, chine colle on heavy … Read more Artist: Carol Sideman– American (1925-2021)
Title: Blue Sea #57
Year: circa 1975
Medium: Acrylic paint, gouache, chine colle on heavy watercolor paper
Size: 22 ½ x 27 5/8 inches.
Signature: Signed lower left
Condition: Very good

This Impressionist work by Carol Sideman is composed of acrylic paint, perhaps oil paint and watercolor or gouache. In addition, she has applied very thin tissue paper in the chine colle technique. The colors are rich and vibrant. The painting is in very good condition.

Carol Sideman (1925-2021) was a noted San Francisco Bay Area artist. The following biography was taken from her website on 8-1-2019

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Carol Sideman is widely known for her outstanding watercolors and oils in the "plein air" style. Her spontaneous sketches, painted on location, aim to capture the "essence of the place" and are later developed in the studio into finished oil paintings.
Sideman's oil paintings have consistently captivated art collectors. Her paintings have been exhibited widely and received many prestigious awards, including first place in oil painting from the Marin Society of Artists. Her paintings are an integral part of both private and corporate collections throughout the United States.
Sideman's work has appeared in "Prize Winning Art, Book 6", Allied Publishers. Her oil painting "The Young Artist" was published by New York Graphics and has been featured in a nationwide school program for art education, presented by Addison-Wesley and later by Crystal Productions.
Sideman says about her work, "My aim is to capture the spirit of a place with on-the-spot impressions. In these sketches, I interpret the basic characteristics -- the ragged foothills, the rocky forms, and the meandering waterways."
"Later, in the comfort of my studio, I relive the moment and take the time to reflect. I explore the basic elements of design, movement, values, and color."
"In my paintings, I like to leave a great deal unsaid, allowing the viewer to fill in with his own imagination. My greatest fun in painting is to capture the essence of the subject, using abstract forms, movements, patterns, and color relationships."
"It is exciting to me to continually experiment -- finding new ways of applying textural patterns, discovering what happens to the paint with spontaneous 'accidents'. An idea in one painting leads to new discoveries for the next -- the endless possibilities making each new painting an exciting adventure."
Sideman received a B.A. and teaching credential from the University of California at Berkeley, and her art career began as an assistant in the Architectural Rendering Department there. Later, she taught art in the Oakland Public Schools. Then, further study in mechanical drawing enabled her to start her second career, drafting and architectural illustrating. In subsequent years, she turned to fine art. She has enjoyed her fine art career for more than 50 years. See less