Carmen McDowell Fine Arts

Carmen McDowell Fine Arts Multimedia artist specializing in bold strokes and juicy colors. Merch and prints available!

Cloud Studies SeriesJoni Mitchell sings of clouds, "Bow and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air...." L...
04/03/2025

Cloud Studies Series

Joni Mitchell sings of clouds, "Bow and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air...." Like a singer uses scales to warm up their voice, I use short studies to begin my painting day. Sometimes they are timed, such as these 20 minute cloud studies. Sometimes I limit myself to only 100 strokes. Sometimes I sketch. Many thanks to the people who answered my request for photos and sent me their cloud pictures for inspiration. The originals are available with a discount for collectors who purchase two or more.

Acrylic on 8x8" cradled wood panel, 2024.I wanted to paint Bornstein for Women's History Month, but then I learned that ...
04/01/2025

Acrylic on 8x8" cradled wood panel, 2024.

I wanted to paint Bornstein for Women's History Month, but then I learned that they don't identify that way. Bornstein's books Gender Outlaws and Hello Cruel World have been important in my growth as a more compassionate, less transphobic person. Besides being an important American author, playwright, actor, and gender theorist, Bornstein is a funny, gentle, fierce genderqueer elder. I love them for that.



Cloud Studies SeriesJoni Mitchell sings of clouds, "Bow and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air...." L...
03/27/2025

Cloud Studies Series

Joni Mitchell sings of clouds, "Bow and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air...." Like a singer uses scales to warm up their voice, I use short studies to begin my painting day. Sometimes they are timed, such as these 20 minute cloud studies. Sometimes I limit myself to only 100 strokes. Sometimes I sketch. Many thanks to the people who answered my request for photos and sent me their cloud pictures for inspiration. The originals are available with a discount for collectors who purchase two or more.

Acrylic on 8x8" cradled wood panel, 2024.Last winter I took in season 4 of "True Detective." Every season of this show i...
03/25/2025

Acrylic on 8x8" cradled wood panel, 2024.

Last winter I took in season 4 of "True Detective." Every season of this show is a new production -- new characters, new setting, new director -- and this season Issa Lopez brought her amazing gifts for storytelling to this suspenseful drama starring Kali Reis and Jodie Foster. Season 4 has been the best yet.

Lopez is a Mexican director, writer, and producer. On the podcast for the show, she described the importance of telling stories about indigenous people with indigenous actors and sensibilities.

Reis is a professional boxer and indigenous actor. In addition to a mesmerizing portrayal of Evangeline Navarro in "True Detective," Reis is an advocate in the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women movement. Reis identifies as "two spirit," a term in indigenous communities that indicates a gender nonconforming person.




Cloud Studies SeriesJoni Mitchell sings of clouds, "Bow and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air...." L...
03/20/2025

Cloud Studies Series

Joni Mitchell sings of clouds, "Bow and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air...." Like a singer uses scales to warm up their voice, I use short studies to begin my painting day. Sometimes they are timed, such as these 20 minute cloud studies. Sometimes I limit myself to only 100 strokes. Sometimes I sketch. Many thanks to the people who answered my request for photos and sent me their cloud pictures for inspiration. The originals are available with a discount for collectors who purchase two or more.

Acrylic on 8x8" cradled wood panel, 2024.I choose subjects for entirely personal reasons. The film "Killers of the Flowe...
03/18/2025

Acrylic on 8x8" cradled wood panel, 2024.

I choose subjects for entirely personal reasons. The film "Killers of the Flower Moon" still reverberates in me, largely due to Lily Gladstone's capacity to hold grief, hope, anger, love, and all human emotion in her face during the course of the film. While she was born on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, she also grew up here in Washington state and got involved with Theatre of the Oppressed at Stone Soup Theatre in Seattle.

Cloud Studies SeriesJoni Mitchell sings of clouds, "Bow and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air...." L...
03/13/2025

Cloud Studies Series

Joni Mitchell sings of clouds, "Bow and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air...." Like a singer uses scales to warm up their voice, I use short studies to begin my painting day. Sometimes they are timed, such as these 20 minute cloud studies. Sometimes I limit myself to only 100 strokes. Sometimes I sketch. Many thanks to the people who answered my request for photos and sent me their cloud pictures for inspiration. The originals are available with a discount for collectors who purchase two or more.

Cloud Studies SeriesJoni Mitchell sings of clouds, "Bow and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air...." L...
03/06/2025

Cloud Studies Series

Joni Mitchell sings of clouds, "Bow and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air...." Like a singer uses scales to warm up their voice, I use short studies to begin my painting day. Sometimes they are timed, such as these 20 minute cloud studies. Sometimes I limit myself to only 100 strokes. Sometimes I sketch. Many thanks to the people who answered my request for photos and sent me their cloud pictures for inspiration. The originals are available with a discount for collectors who purchase two or more. Sign up for mailing list at my website or email me directly at [email protected] for more info!

Acrylic on 8x8" cradled wood panel, 2024.Storytelling and storytellers have fascinated me all my life, and Duvernay is o...
03/04/2025

Acrylic on 8x8" cradled wood panel, 2024.

Storytelling and storytellers have fascinated me all my life, and Duvernay is one of the finest. Her film version of "A Wrinkle in Time" was so magical it rekindled in me a joy I feared had been lost in childhood. When it's a hard day, this is one film I can always turn to for a boost. Duvernay also co-wrote and produced "Selma," a film that depicts the fight for voting and other civil rights by Blacks in the South. Finally, her film "13th" has been critical for me to understand the connection between race and the criminal justice system in this country.

Thank you to Colin for keeping the home fires burning while my focus needed to be elsewhere for a time. Colin, you're t...
03/01/2025

Thank you to Colin for keeping the home fires burning while my focus needed to be elsewhere for a time. Colin, you're the best!

In March, look for some new art! I will be featuring a number of portraits of women for Women's History Month and genderqueer folks for Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31.

Celebrating TDOV is very important to me this year. To express this, I am offering free mini-prints of "Seen, Cherished, Protected" upon request. Also, all profits will be matched by me and given to a local mutual aid fund for trans persons.

In order to protest illegal actions made by the president and his largest donor, we are joining with millions across the...
02/28/2025

In order to protest illegal actions made by the president and his largest donor, we are joining with millions across the USA who are forgoing any economic transactions and not participating in any sales today. Please consider joining us if you share our concerns.

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