Slide1 : Robert Carley Selected Exhibitions
Slide2 : And She Sang Loudly Downtown Arts Centre
Hamilton, Ontario ~ 2006
Slide3 : And she sang loudly.
So loudly that she couldn’t hear herself and didn’t know where she was.
Slide4 : I realise that I am part of all things and that all things are part of me and that my soul belongs to the Universe and I am a child of God and the lover of young men and rosy lipped angels.
Slide5 : I like to stand in water up to my ankles and feel its soft splashing
and its gentle caress.
Slide6 : I was never afraid to say how much I admired you, and that you could be part of my soul and spirit forever.
Slide7 : My hands are gentle, soft and sensitive, yet strong.
My lips are red and wet.
My tongue is clean and pink.
My eyes are warm, clear and powerful.
Slide8 :
My hair is on fire and blows freely in the wind.
My breath is sweet, my teeth are white and new looking.
Slide9 : I wait patiently for my young lover to take my hand and sweep me off into the night.
There I would be devoured and cleansed and my pure body and mind would go out into the universe with joy at its centre and laughter by its side.
And I would be set free.
And maybe someone someday will hear my loud song and rejoice with me.
– Robert Carley
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Jean and Ross Fischer Gallery
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario ~ 2007 AGH
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Slide22 : Robert Carley Sunrise Gallery, 2007
Slide24 : Robert Carley Burlington Art Centre ~ 2008
Slide26 : the ART Bus Tour Robert Carley Art Studio
Hamilton, Ontario ~ 2007
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Slide36 : the ART Bus Tour Robert Carley Art Studio
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Slide39 : Robert Carley Selected Works
Slide73 : Robert Carley Sparrows Watching Over Mother Earth
Slide74 : Sparrow Watching Over Mother Earth
A Series
I will send my little sparrow friend.
She will perch upon your bowstring
and sing her sweet love songs for you
To help you through the long and
lonely night.
She will sing,
Think of me in your dreams and be strong.
Know that I am young and powerful.
The strength is in my song and the truth is in
my heart.
I feel you in the universe as I feel rocks and trees.
And I know it’s good.
Robert Carley
Slide75 : Reach Out
I would like to reach out and hold your sweet face in my hands and tell you how much I loved you.
And then, I would know that I had found truth,
if only for a moment.
Robert Carley
Slide76 : Pain
Pain
No
Gain
Pinch
Pain
Pinch
Same
Gain
Same
Pain
Far
Away
Pain
Same
Cry
Far
Away
Pain
Same
Die
Red
White
Blue
Pain
Black
Pain
Same
Pain
No
Gain
Pain
Robert Carley
Slide77 : Because
Why me?
Because
You are honest
The world is your place
Your place to roam
Freely
Without you
We are lonely
We will die
So fly high.
Robert Carley
Slide78 : Flight
That moment in time.
With arms outstretched
across the universe.
Slipping into distant
dreams.
Robert Carley
Slide79 : Robert Carley The Arts & Entertainment, The Toronto Star:
“Self taught artist Robert Carley has no limitations.”
Echo Germanica, art critic, Alexander Oolo, writes:
“ Carley’s art is a desirable companion for the next millennium.”
The Hamilton Spectator, art critic, Regina Haggo writes:
“Driven to Abstraction, rather than follow a path that he has trod or mapped out, he seeks a spontaneous approach, one directed by the very act of painting.”
In June 2004 at a prestigious Yorkville gallery, Robert Carley was featured with renowned Canadian artist’s Harold Towne, William Ronald, Michael Forester, Peirre Patry and Karo Alexanian in an Abstract Group Exhibition.
Slide80 : ARTIST STATEMENT
I approach the canvas without any preconceived ideas.
I simply want to start the painting and see were it goes.
I work together with the canvas, trying not to let my ego control the exercise.
I have found that keeping a simple palette helps me to stay focused.
It has been an interesting learning process, one that has given me a fresher understanding of my art work.
Robert Carley
Slide81 : BIOGRAPHY
Robert Carley was born in Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada) in 1940. In 1943 the family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. In Robert’s early teens he immersed himself in music and voice training.
In 1960 Robert auditioned for The Royal Conservatory of Music and The Faculty of Music Opera School in Toronto, Ontario (Canada). He was awarded a scholarship and graduated in 1965.
For the next two decades Robert performed with the Canadian Opera Company, Stratford on Avon, C.B.C. television, C.B.C radio, E.T.V. television, C.F.T.O. television, numerous television commercials and industrial shows. His talent has covered all venues of theatre, television, film and radio as a singer/actor before devoting himself entirely to painting.
His paintings are works of an artist working at the height of his creativity. Carley approaches his work boldly and aggressively with a bright palette and a liberal use of paint, trying not to control the work as it progresses but to be part of its creation. His work speaks for itself, electrifying and unforgettable.
Slide82 : COLLECTIONS
Lewis Odette Toronto, Ontario
Lady Greene London, England
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Tenenbaum Toronto, Ontario
Mr. & Mrs. H. Maksylewich Brampton, Ontario
Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Boorne Toronto, Ontario
Mr & Mrs Douglas Edwards Toronto, Ontario
University of Windsor Windsor, Ontario
Atlanta Opera Company Atlanta, Georgia
Thermadyne Products Ltd, Oakville, ON
Rise Vision Inc. Toronto, Ontario
Slide84 : Robert Carley Website: www.RobertCarley.com
Email: robertcarley@sympatico.ca
Phone: 905. 525. 8584 Mahesh Butani / Curator + Design Phone: 905. 963. 0340