About Indigo
Indigo Art
These paintings are created with large mop brushes using indigo pigment, including watercolor and dyes. The brush strokes are broad and left to be seen as part of the art. Found objects, palette knives and fingers are used to create the basic landscape design. Smaller brush strokes are added for detail. To finish, the art is extended onto the mat with fine brushwork.
Indigo art is especially appropriate to Hilton Head Island and it is a special memento to the area because Indigo was a cash crop grown on the islands of the Low Country of South Carolina during the pre-civil war era. Indigo pigment and images of the low country combine as the inspiration for this very special art.
Caren's Indigos are perfect for coastal decor no matter where you live and are inspired by her home in the low country as well as up north in the mountains of New Hampshire.
About Caren
Caren Calafati
Location: Watercolorist in Grantham, New Hampshire & Hilton Head Island South Carolina.
Degree: Master of Arts at Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire.
Carens area of expertise is within the watercolor medium, employing varying techniques from other artistic mediums, such as varnish with watercolor. As part of her Master of Arts degree, Caren majored in art history and created a national touring opera company, Through the Opera Glass. Her graphic designs and set designs for this project have won national awards and recognition.
In recent years Caren returned to her art history roots and jumped back into her art work with a focus on stretching the limits of watercolor work. These works have been displayed in juried exhibits such as The Coastal Art Museum of Hilton Head Island (juried by The Telfair Museum of Savannah, Georgia).
Caren has been fortunate to have furthered her studies with nationally known artists which include Chris Unwin and Nita Engle.
Caren Calafati MA. is a certified art teacher and has taught art appreciation and art history at various schools and universities. Caren is a member of: the Vermont Watercolor Society, the Society of Bluffton Artists (SC), the Hilton Head Art League (SC) AVA Gallery, the New Hampshire State Arts Council. Full resume available upon request.
