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| Jeaneen Carlino |
My chosen artist is Jeaneen Carlino, a contemporary painter and illustrator based in Los Angeles, California. From an early age, Carlino showed a strong affinity for visual art and natural skill with illustration. Following her life-long passion, Jeaneen began attending Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, where she was able to immerse herself in the art-world and showed her work in various group-exhibitions as well as hone her creative voice and practical technique. Her work focused mostly on femininity, and strong female figures in Carlino's early life. Carlino recalls this period as "The birth of [her] Women," which would continue to develop throughout her career. After graduating in 2007, Carlino took an unexpected break from showing in galleries and began work at Trader Joe's, where she was an artist for eight years. Jeaneen made the decision to pursue a full-time career as an artist and independent business woman when her child was born two years ago, and has been sharing her "Tribe of Women" with the world ever since.
With work showing in local galleries, art and craft fairs, boutiques, and the Latin American Museum of Art gift shop in Long Beach, Carlino's work is multimedia, as varied in form as it is in theme. Drawing inspirations from religious ritual, Chicanx culture, spiritual healing, the divine feminine and, specifically, self love, Jeaneen's creations are made to uplift, inspire, and unite her viewers who see themselves in her work. Most of Carlino's work is illustrative, made with graphite and ink. From her time at Trader Joe's, she also has strong talent with chalk and mural painting, which she executes with expressive lines and precision. Even in the realm of corporate advertisement, her unique voice is able to shine through while serving the product. Jeaneen now lives by a strong moral purpose of service to others, gratitude for her unconventional journey as a visual artist, and appreciation for the healing powers of creativity.
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