Incollect Magazine Issue 7

Incollect Magazine 93 Charlotte Park Berry Campbell Charlotte Park was one of a coterie of talented female abstract expressionist painters in America during the mid-20th century who did not receive the attention and accolades they deserved in part because of their gender. Park sought inspiration in nature but her paintings are entirely abstract with a preference for depicting random, unidentifiable colorful shapes floating against a textured monochromatic ground that at times possess similarities to the work of her husband James Brooks. Her titles often refer to nature, such as a 1975 work, titled Amaranth, made of acrylic and oil crayon on canvas, or Acacia, 1981, seemingly depicting falling tree leaves. Park was highly attuned to light and sensation and used color to evoke them. “Charlotte Park uses bright colors and energetic brushwork to create vibrant paintings using an abstract vocabulary,” says Christine Berry from Berry Campbell Gallery. Charlotte Park (1918–2010) Acacia, 1981 Acrylic on canvas, 14 x 14 inches Berry Campbell, New York, New York Available through Incollect.com