CONSTANCE MCMILLAN

 

Artist Statement
The primary aim of my work is to reveal corresponding, but ever-forming relationships, betaken what I perceive within my own nature, and what I perceive in the world around me. Mainly through ambiguity, disjuncture and gesture, I try to suggest the constant shifting - the "always becoming" aspect of these relationships.

About the Artist
Constance McMillan's career as an exhibiting artist began with her first one-person show at the Morris Gallery (Greenwich Village) in 1956 and ended in 1989 with her one-person show at the Soho NYC based Phoenix Gallery.

In October 1989 Constance fell down her bedroom floor stairs and received a traumatic brain injury which brought her art career to a close. She now resides at the Ann Arbor Huron Woods for Alzheimer and memory-loss patients.

Constance McMillan studied art at Bennington College (BA 1946) and Mills College (MA 1955) with Boardman Robinson, Karl Knath and Frank Cassara (Michigan University , summer 1965). She exhibited her work from 1956 through 1989 in one-person and group shows in New York Soho galleries. She also illustrated several books including Lillian Smith's "Memories of a Large Christmas". She married Roy Carpenter in 1956 and has lived in Ann Arbor, MI since 1957.

The paintings shown on this web site have been selected from her inventory of unsold paintings which are available for sale.
For more information, you can reach Roy Carpenter at 734.971.6480, FAX 734.677.0638 or at 2760 Heatherway, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.

 

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