Carmen Renee Ireland Fine Art

Carmen Renee Ireland

Lake Oswego, Or - United States

IN PROCESS OF REDOING PICTURE UPLOADS....THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE!

Dare to dream... I dared to dream against a backdrop of child abuse that perverted by way as a child and would have destine me for a life of tragedy; but God, in his infinite wisdom had his own agenda for my life that turned the tales on my abusers that they did not see coming. What you will see when you look at my masterpieces are fragmented souls of the divine within me. The lost soul that I was is no more but a soul that is healing through color, brush strokes, canvases, paper, water, flowers, classical music, therapy, church, college and kids. My masterpieces� are made up of the things that are at work in my life and bridging a wide gap I had with my loving creator. A journey of this magnitude could not be possible with out the combine forces of the community of friends that has encircled my family with unconditional love and support. It is for this reason some of my new masterpieces are signed under the series 'Journi'.

My fragmented soul is on a 'journi' of putting together a better 'mirror image' of character, truth, purity, forthrightness, peace that passes all understanding and finally firer and water. I am a force to be reckoned with or too much as my kids say. For me art was my secret companion for years hidden with in me for it was a talent my abusers hated about me; because it was my pathway to freedom and they did not want to me to be free. My soul dared to dream as a child and prayed that redemption would come some day. My redemption came in 1983 but the 'journi' was just beginning. Between 1966-1981 my life was veiled in secrets, between 1981-183 my life began, from 1983-1988 my life was bitter sweet, from 1988-1998 my journi took me back to the place of my childhood secrets and from 1998-2009 my life took an unexpected turn towards the Great Pacific Northwest. It is in the Great Northwest that a 'Reckoning Of Great Mercy' has taken a hold of my heart and has lead me to paint with purpose and insight.

My images and colors are bold; there are always layers of color because there were so many layers within my past. I paint as I feel. I paint with a vision. I paint for healing. To all who come by I hope you see the Goodness of God at work in my life, thank you.
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