October Issue 2000
Watauga Arts Council in Boone, NC, Presents Digital Images of Carolyn Ferris
The Watauga County Arts Council will present an exhibition of digital images by Carolyn Ferris in The Jones House, Open Door Gallery, in Boone, NC, from Oct. 4 through Oct. 28, 2000.
Ferris' work has been published in Magazines ranging from Architectural Digest to Creem. She was art director and illustrator of Timothy Leary's Chaos and Cyberculture. Ferris has created original poster designs for Widespread Panic, The String Cheese Incident, and The Fillmore concert hall, among others.
"Computer Art is the wave of the future. I really wanted to dive into it as soon as I saw the incredible art programs available within this electronic painting medium. It is an unknown field for the mainstream art buyers and critics. Simply because most do not yet grasp the possibilities and power of the medium. Eventually they will," says Ferris.
"We've only just begun to see the tip of the computer art iceberg. One day, I feel images the mainstream buys will be in computer-aided 3-D form, shining a virtual image in the center of our living rooms with vivid colors we can't yet imagine. We'll be able to walk around the art as well as through it. Perhaps be able to manipulate the image, such as change the sky from sunny to cloudy to match our mood."
"My greatest success in computer art came with designing poster art for The Fillmore in San Francisco. One of my biggest pleasures was to see my artwork reproduced in a large format, which shows my work in the best possible light, and allows the viewer to see detail within the image. Since the Fillmore gives away a poster to each participant, thousands of people were introduced to my cyber-surreal worlds."
What now for an artist in her thirties who has already achieved so much? Not even Ferris knows the future. For now, she's in retreat in the mountains of North Carolina, relaxing in a beautiful house and having a quiet and pleasant time experiencing the ancient art of stillness.
For further information check our NC Institutional
Gallery listing or call The Jones House at 828-264-1789. You can
see some of Ferris' images at (http://www.QuestManifest.com/carolynferris.html).
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