Carol Bennett
American painter
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Carol Bennett (born 1954) is an American painter and glass artist based in Hawaii.
ArtCenter College of Design (BA)
- Painter
- glass artist
Carol Bennett | |
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| Born | 1954 (age 71–72) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | College of Creative Studies (BA) ArtCenter College of Design (BA) |
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Early life
Bennett was born in Los Angeles, California.[1] She received a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) from the University of California, Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies in 1974 and another B.A. from the Art Center College of Design in 1978.[1] Since 1990, she has lived in Kauai.[2]
Public art
Her artworks in public places include:[3]
- Rise, Fall and Drink, three 5 ft x 8 ft, oil and enamel on glass paintings, Hawaii Convention Center, 2001[4][5][6]
- Ocean Patterns, 180-foot-long mural, oil on birch ply, Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, 2002[7]
- Kanawai, two Italian glass mosaic tile murals, each 11 x 22 feet, Kauai Judiciary Building, 2005[8]
- Water: A Point of Departure, two acrylic on Dacron sail cloth, 8 x 26 ft. and 8 x 52 ft, Foyer and Passenger Queuing at Pier 2 Terminal, Honolulu Harbor, 2008-2009[9]
- Trigger Picasso Energy, 48 x 8 foot hand-painted colored vitreous enamels fired on float glass with gold leaf and photovoltaic solar cells, Hawaii State Art Museum, 2012[10]
- Cycles, fused glass and light-emitting diodes, on exterior of the James and Abigail Campbell Library, University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu, 2012[11]
Collections
The Hawaii State Art Museum[12] and the Honolulu Museum of Art[13][14] are among the museums holding works by Bennett.
Themes
Bennett's paintings are generally related to water; swimmers and fishing nets are recurring subjects. They often contain totally abstract passages representing reflections, as in Jewel.[citation needed]