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Very glad to have my painting - “Folk Art Cabinet”, included in the OAF Curated Space/We are Birds exhibition now on this weekend. Curated by Randall Poster and Andrew Edlin in support of The National Audubon Society. In conjunction with @stellarhighway. It’s a wonderful exhibition with lots of terrific artists in the show. Stop by to see it if you go to the fair. Folk Art Cabinet, 1996, o/c in painted wood frame with painted shelf, 40 x 30 x 4 inches @outsiderartfair @andrewedlin @storageartgallery #outsiderartfair #outsiderart #stilllifepainting #oiloncanvas #vintageframe #birdsinpaintings #paintedbirds #welovebirds (at Metropolitan Pavilion) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpVpFRnO9EO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Last day @stellarhighway “Where Parting is No More”. Works by Carolyn Oberst. @oberst.carolyn https://www.instagram.com/p/CoAnHRNu3LD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Jeff way’s exciting exhibition just installed in the Lobby Gallery at 151 W.42 presented by ChaShaMa. Entitled “Eccentric Squares” these paintings light up the large lobby space giving it a fresher feel! On view from January 19-June 15 2023. @chashama @storageartgallery #installations #artinstallation #gridpainting #gridart #nycartist #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting (at 42nd Street New York City) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnp4XRMLOPy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Only two weekends left to see Carolyn Oberst’s “Where Parting is No More”. Closing 1/29 Please feel free to contactt us for details on how to visit or with any questions. @oberst.carolyn #carolynoberst #painting #Anitque #ContemporaryArt #contemporaryfigurativeart #DresserBack #vintagefurniture #SculpturalPainting #Flowers #landscape #bouquet https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnp1JmVLPDW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Thanks to art net news for selecting my solo show @stellarhighway as a way to “Kickstart the New Year”. The image that was included in their announcement is titled, Still Life w/Japanese Screen. It’s oil on canvas in a painted wood frame w/painted shelf. 60x37x5 inches from 1996. The show is up until Jan. 29. Only 2 weeks left!! Viewing is from Thursday thru Sunday 12-4:00 or by appointment. Contact clay@stellarhighway. @stellarhighway @audigras @slaggallery @hannahtraore #oilpainting #tribecaartist #femaleartist #studioartist #nyartist @turnerdouglas @quietlunch #carolynoberst #painting #stilllife #contemporaryart #dresserback #sculpturalpainting #antique #flowers #bouquet #memory (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CndZEARsIAT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Posted @withregram • @stellarhighway Carolyn Oberst’s ‘Babes in the Woods’ (1994) - on view in Where Parting Is No More thru 1/29. DM or email for more info // Link in bio. @oberst.carolyn #CarolynOberst #Painting #Antique #WherePartingIsNoMore #DresserBack #VintageDoll #ContemporaryArt #Folksy #Forest #VisionaryArt (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnLKzdrMyOY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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From the opening of “Where Parting is No More”, a solo show using refurbished dresser back frames for oil paintings. 1989-1998 @oberst.carolyn @stellarhighway in Brooklyn. #contemporaryfigurativepainting #contemporarystilllife #nycartist #womenpainters @nyartistscircle #oilpaintingartist (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmPYOZsuC-X/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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@oberst.carolyn “Where Parting is No More”, solo show @stellarhighway opened on Dec. 11. These works were created between 1989-1998. The installation looks beautiful! Come see! #nyartist #stilllifepainting #oiloncanvaspainting @nyartistscircle @audigras (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmMlnC-rWbD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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FIRST POST HAD WRONG OPENING DATE!! OPENING AT STELLARHIGHWAY GALLERY, IN BROOKLYN, IS NEXT SUNDAY, DEC. 11 2-4 Excited to announce the Opening next Sunday, Dec. 11, 2-4 at Stellarhighway Gallery, my solo show entitled, “Where Parting is No More”. It will run until January 29, 2023 This exhibition will feature a selection of paintings from 1989-1998 that use formerly damaged and discarded dresser back frames, that I refurbished and, in some cases, reconfigured to be able to introduce other elements to the work. My idea was to make the paintings more sculptural. No works from this series of 24 paintings have be shown together in the public sphere since the early 1990’s. It will be fantastic for me to see some of them installed in Stellarhighway’s charming gallery in Brooklyn. The images are of some of the paintings that will be included in the show. Come see them in person! The show will be up until January 29. 2023! “Where Parting is no More”, 1997. oil on board in painted wood frame, 28 x 23 inches “Down Under”, 1990, oil on canvas in wood frame with oil painted on wood panel insert, 45-1/2 x 34 inches “Flower Altar”, 1995, oil on canvas in painted wood frame, with dried flowers in the boxes, 40 x 34 x 7 inches. “Flower Altar”, DETAIL “Summer”, 1992, oil on canvas in painted wood frame with painted shelf and painted vinyl cow, 39 x 35 x 3-1/2 inches @stellarhighway @audgras @slaggallery @hannahtraore #oilpainting #tribecaartist #nyartscene #newyorkart #nyartistscircle #brooklyngallery #oiloncanvaspainting #contemporaryfigurativeart @storageartgallery @ddruick @ken_tisa @laurazoltan @dontstopbreedin @kingold.art @nyartistscircle @lylerexer @ericjshaw @roxasmith @artspiel @woartblog @labspace_art @alisonpirie @turrnerdouglas @the_artist_advisory @projectmaven1 @juliemckimprojects @yigalleryny @akeemduncan @quitelunch (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Clyw9k8La2O/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Excited to announce the Opening next Sunday, Jan. 11, 2-4 at Stellarhighway Gallery, of my solo show entitled, “Where Parting is No More”. It will run until January 29, 2023 This exhibition features a selection of paintings from 1989-1998 that use formerly damaged and discarded frames. I refurbished and, in some cases, reconfigured them to be able to introduce other elements to the work, wanting to make the paintings more sculptural. No works from this series of 24 paintings have be shown together in the public sphere since the early 1990’s. It will be fantastic for me to see some of them installed in Stellarhighway’s charming gallery in Brooklyn. The images are of some of the paintings that will be included in the show. Come see them in person! “Where Parting is no More”, 1997. oil on board in painted wood frame, 28 x 23 inches. “Down Under”, 1990, oil on canvas in wood frame with oil painted on wood panel insert, 45-1/2 x 34 inches “Flower Altar”, 1995, oil on canvas in painted wood frame, with dried flowers in the boxes, 40 x 34 x 7 inches. “Flower Altar”, DETAIL “Summer”, 1992, oil on canvas in painted wood frame with painted shelf and painted vinyl cow, 39 x 35 x 3-1/2 inches @stellarhighway @audgras @slaggallery @hannahtraore #oilpainting #tribecaartist #studioartist #contemporaryfigurativeart #nyartist @storageartgallery @ddruick @ken_tisa @laurazoltan @dontstopbreedin @kingold.art @nyartistscircle @lylerexer @artliveshere @ericjshaw @roxasmith @artspiel @etty.yaniv @woartblog @cmasseyart @the._art.factory @upstateartweekend @labspace_art @alisonpirie @turrnerdouglas @linktr.ee/DouglasTurner @ArtGirlRising @the_artist_advisory @artworkarchive @projectmaven1 @elijah_wheat_showroom @createmagazine @juliemckimprojects @yigalleryny @akeemduncan @quitelunch (at Tribeca) https://www.instagram.com/p/Clwt97BOpcM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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So happy to see my painting, “Signals From Parts Unknown”, in its new home with Laura Zoltan and Ben Reed. Was so much fun spending time with them both talking about my art and other things. A little while after they installed it they wrote to say, “We love it and have gotten so many compliments already”. Enjoyed the fun video they sent. Thanks to my daughter, Jasmin Way, for making the connection! @laurazoltan @dontstopbreed @jasminway @stellarhighway @audigras #oilpainting #tribecaartist #carolynoberst #nyartistscircle #womenartists #studioartist #contemporaryfigurativeart @slaggallery #nyartist https://www.instagram.com/p/ClhaCAsMOPS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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So much fun to have an impromptu studio visit with my new neighbor, Onyedika Chuke, creator of the new and exciting Storage Gallery and his great assistant, Tiffany Jung, last night. I was in the middle of packing paintings, that I did in the 1990’s, and are heading to a gallery show in Brooklyn, and I thought he’d like to see some of the work before it was all wrapped. The wrapping was going on in my husband, Jeff Way’s studio, who graciously allowed the interruption. Such a great time talking to both of them and getting their impressions of the things in my studio, Jeff’s studio, and around the house. We’ve been collectors of all kinds of art, with a focus on the self-taught for many years. Exciting to have such a terrific new gallery, and gallery directory, on the block!! @storageartgallery #tribecagalleries #newyorkart #tribecaart #nycartscene @audigras @tiffany.jung #nyartistscircle @nyartistscircle #oiloncanvaspaintings #contemporaryfigurativeart #artiststudiospace (at Tribeca, New York City) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkwRhWnO1xn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Opening tonight at Christ Episcopal Church, in their Historic Chapel, 90 Kings Highway, Middletown, NJ, my series of paintings from the early 90’s titled, “The Crosses We Bear”. These paintings were my response to the then brewing problems of global warming and climate change. To call attention to these issues I used the cross shape apart from its usual religious association as a powerful symbol of pain and hope. Needless to say, these are even more pressing issues now. The painting above the altar is “Titled Crucified Tree”, 90”x59”, oil on shaped canvas. The large painting of the palm tree on fire, is titled “Burning the Tree of Life”, 93”x77”, oil on shaped canvas. All the other paintings are various sizes, oil on shaped canvas. There is some collage in the “Endangered Monarchs” painting. This is dated 1993. They are now on the endangered species list. All together there are 10 paintings and 4 framed works on paper in the show. The opening tonight is from 5:30-7:30 if you’re in the area. There will be a tent outside for refreshments. Other dates to see the show are Wednesdays from 5:30-7:30 and Saturdays from 10am-2pm. Also after usual worship services listed on their website. wwwchristchurchmiddletown.org A catalog is available. @christchurchmiddletownnj #christchirchmiddletown @revway #revway #endangered #endangeredspecies #savetherainforest #savethemonarchs #globalwarming #climatechange #climatechangeisreal #oilpainting #ecologicalart #artistsofinstagram #artistsforconservation @audigras @stellarhighway @slaggallery @the_artist_advisory @kin_gold (at Middletown, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjIxgf_rTSu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“The Crosses We Bear”, an exhibition of 10 of my cross shaped paintings addressing the subject of climate change, is being presented at: The Historic Church of the Christ Episcopal Church, 30 Kings Highway, Middletown, NJ 07748 (1 hr. From NYC by train or car) Opening September 30 from 5:30-7:30 and continuing through November 15, 2022. This series of unique paintings ranges in height from 15 to 93 inches, depicting landscapes, flora and fauna endangered due to climate change.  I was inspired to create these paintings in the early 1990s to raise awareness of the devastating effects that climate change was having on the planet. Using the cross shape separate from the religious association, connotes suffering as well as a call to action. I felt using a standard rectangle would not be the shout out I was looking for. Back then, it was not understood that the cross shape could reflect more than Christianity; that it had universal meaning, connoting both suffering and a call to action. Only recently have these paintings started to be shown. I had always felt that bringing them all together would make a powerful statement. Finally the time has come! I am thrilled to be able to see them in such a beautiful, spiritually endowed, venue, as The Historic Church of the Christ Episcopal Church in Middletown, NJ, built in 1836. A few of the Images: Burning the Tree of Life_oil on shaped canvas 93x78 inches_1992. Endangered Monarchs_oil + mixed media on shaped canvas 48x42 inches (1993) Disappearing Frog_oil on shaped canvas 22x20 inches (1993) Endangered Cheetah_29x27 inches (1993) Endangered Peter’s Mountain Mallow_oil and glitter on shaped canvas 22x20 (1993) #climatechange #endangeredspecies @kin_gold @revway @stellarhighway @hannahtraore @ante_curatorial @slaggallery @audigras #historicchurch #carolynoberst @nyartistscircle #nyartistscircle #oilpaintingartist #contemporarypainting #contemporaryoilpainting #womenpainters https://www.instagram.com/p/Cifxcinr3u6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“In and Out”, oil on canvas, 24x17 inches, new this summer. This painting is part of an evolving series of “Moments” taken from other paintings and re-worked. This was not a plan, just an impulse that seems to want to be an off-shoot series. Who knows? The paintings are the boss. An excerpt of the first painting, “How We Begin to Remember”, is shown here. Instagram could not fit the whole piece, but you can see where this painting came from. All the paintings are on my website, www.carolynoberst.com. #nyartistscircle @nyartistscircle #oilpaintingartists #summerstudio #contemporaryfigurativeart #oilpainting #oilpaintersofinstagram #carolynoberst #contemporarypaint https://www.instagram.com/p/CiLku70Lr_n/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy to be included in Upstate Art Weekend’s third edition, first one including artists studios, THIS WEEKEND. Studios are open Saturday and Sunday, 12-6:00. If you’re planning a trip upstate, this is a good weekend to come. If you do, please stop by. My studio is #10 on the map, which you can find @www.upstateartweekend.org. Here are two new paintings that will be up in my studio. Both are what I’m calling, “Annonymous Portraits”. The first is titled, “There’s Nothing Left to Say”, oil on canvas, 20x18 inches. The titled came from a sidewalk message I photographed on the LES. The second one is titled, “Dream Until It’s Your Reality”, oil on canvas, 20x18 inches. Strangely, when thinking about a title, another message Appeared on the sidewalk, this time in Tribeca. Hope to see you! #joinusupstate #upstatego #upstateartweekend #oiloncanvaspainting #nyartistscircle #carolynoberst #visualart #oilpaintingartist #artiststudios https://www.instagram.com/p/CgN4cJpM7_d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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@labspace_art Happy 4th everyone! We are HERE and dreaming of fireworks at LABspace 💥 See you 1-5 today and tomorrow, and every weekend through July for Mountain High, Valley Low! 💫 This is Carolyn Oberst, Blues in the Night, 2022, oil on canvas, 17 x 16 inches @oberst.carolyn #carolynoberst Thank you for sharing @nyartistscircle Link in bio for full checklist, and our flat file! See you soon! 🎉 — Mountain High, Valley Low: Artists of the Hudson Valley Yura Adams, Fern Apfel, Pamela Blum, Martha Bone, Judith Braun, Farrell Brickhouse, Undine Brod, Berly Brown, Dina Bursztyn, Karlos Cárcamo, Julie Chase, Matt Crane, Pauline Decarmo, John DeSousa, Dan Devine, Jane Ehrlich, Julie Evans, Stuart Farmery, Tristan Fitch, Tara Fracalossi, Audrey Francis, Betsy Friedman, Ashley Garrett, Joan Grubin, Kylie Heidenheimer, Allison Hester, Beth Humphrey, Will Hutnick, Susan Jennings, Jennifer Johnson, Erick Johnson, Martine Kaczynski, Jenny Kemp, Henry Klimowicz, Thomas Lail, Meg Lipke, Joel Longenecker, Cotter Luppi, Sascha Mallon, Adrian Meraz, Susan Meyer, Carolyn Oberst, Kathy Osborn, Ruby Palmer, Beverly Peterson, Susan Rabinowitz, Kelsey Renko, Laura Lee Ross, Liz Sample, Susan Still Scott, Claire Sherwood, Gregory Slick, Paris Smeraldo, Richard Smeraldo, George Spencer, Jeff Starr, Linda Stillman, Lawre Stone, Joy Taylor, Christina Tenaglia, Claudia Tienan, Michael Tong, Katharine Umsted, Becca Van K, Guy Walker, Jeff Way, Eleanor White, Brian Wood Saturdays + Sundays 1-5 through July 31 Extended hours for @upstateartweekend July 22-24, 10am-6pm @labspace_art 2642 Route 23, Hillsdale NY Full Exhibition Checklist in BIO Inquiries: [email protected] #mountainhighvalleylowhv #labspaceart #hudsonvalleyartists #hudsonvalleyartist #upstateartweekend #heyhillsdaleny #hillsdaleny (at Hillsdale , New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfjMB8yuUVM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=