Carolyn McDonald, submitted artwork
Carolyn McDonald
Painting
Nutopia
Carolyn McDonald is a photographer, writer and filmmaker, who produced and directed the short film “P.N.O.K.”, the documentary DESIGN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, several music videos & short films. In addition to being the photographer of “Nouns in the Road”, TIME + TIDE: AS REVEALED BY LIGHT, and “Imaginary Bands & their Fake Ass Songs”, Carolyn is the award-winning producer of HBO’s AMERICA’S DREAM, TNT’s FREEDOM SONG and BUFFALO SOLDIERS, and NatGeo”s documentary, BEARING LIGHT. Carolyn has exhibited her photographs at the Gantt Center in Charlotte, NC, Scarritt Bennett Center’s Gallery F in Nashville, TN, where she was an artist-in-residence; and group shows in Los Angeles, CA. During the pandemic, Carolyn began designing mixed media frames for her photographs. A passionate youth arts advocate, Carolyn ran the Nashville Film Festival’s At-Risk Teen Film Project, was a teaching artist at the Cinema High School, Bronx, NY, and the Gathering of Native American Youth Arts Camp in Sonoma County, CA. She presently teaches screenwriting at New York Film Academy. Carolyn studied photography at SUNY Purchase; film, dramatic writing & art history at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts; and Art & Design at Watkins College, Nashville. She resides in Long Beach, CA. Shown here: Saturday Morning at Jackson Market & View from Dunluce Castle, from “Nouns in the Road”.
Works
Carolyn McDonald, submitted artwork
Time + Tide: As Revealed by Light is a series of photographs composed of glyphs etched into the sand by trickling veins of sea water on a beach at low tides. Shot at various times of day, sunlight creates a rich spectrum of earth tones. Like snowflakes, each pattern is unique, and will never manifest exactly the same again. Meaning and context are defined by the imagination of every eye that beholds them. Shown here: “Seaweed Singing Loudly” and “Neptune Dance Party”
