Carla Cope oil on canvas painting titled "Petals Pink". Signed lower right side of painting and also on verso with title. Measures 40" x 30". Artist Bio: The artist Carla Cope is from Miami, Florida, but now lives in Sarasota, Florida. She has travelled the world many times over. Her work can be found in collections in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan and South America. Carla has studied art in Ireland, Japan, and United States of America. She received her degrees from the colleges of Miami Dade, Purchase College in New York, and Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota, Florida. She holds a AA & AS in fashion design, a BFA in visual arts (sculpture and painting), and a certificate in Art and Healing/Expressive Arts (emotions through visual art). Carla now teaches art in Sarasota, Florida.Carla has won numerous awards in art, her first was received when she was six years old for the regional art competition for the state of Florida. From this first recognition, Carla has excelled in her artistic accolades. Carla has participated and won awards in countless juried competitions and shows.Carla has received inspiration from some of the great artist like, Georgia O’Keefe, Anish Kapore, Carravagio, Cy Twombly, and many contemporary artist today. As she began working for others in fashion design and costume design, then moved into concrete furniture/architectural object design, she developed her sensibilities for 3D spatial relation and sculptural appreciation. She majored in stone carving and bronze casting at Purchase College. All of this immersion into three-dimensional practice set a foundation for her appreciation in pushing the issue of “depth of field” in her paintings. She is always stressing the light that shines from behind an object or the depth of a vortex as it emerges from the dark. Carla is pushing the illusion of depth in a “trompe l'oeil” passion. This with a lust for the environment and weather conditions, stems from her father’s passion as a meteorologist and growing up in Miami. The tropics were a great source inspiration that illustrated the quick shifts from sun to storms on a dime. This dichotomy has lasting impressions on Carla’s subconscious and way of thinking about life.