Showing posts with label Carole Bayer Sager. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carole Bayer Sager. Show all posts

Friday, March 04, 2016

Arty Farty Friday ~ Carole Bayer Sager's Other Talent

Carole Bayer Sager is best known as a song-writer, but she's also an accomplished painter. Her song-writing spans some 40 years, includes many popular and award-winning songs, some co-written with other legendary figures such as Burt Bacharach to whom she was once married.

Born in New York City on 8 March 1947, Carole began her song-writing career while still in high school. She wrote her first hit, A Groovy Kind of Love for the English group The Mindbenders in 1966. Phil Collins re-recorded it taking it #1 and the most performed radio hit of 1990. Many others followed.

She began painting in 2006.
From http://www.carolebayersagerart.com/bio/
"She has painted portraits, abstract works on canvas as well as in light boxes and in the last four years she has worked on her “food” paintings. Her first solo show was held in January 2011 at the LA Arthouse in Los Angeles. Her most recent show entitled, “New Works” September 18th – November 8th 2014 at William Turner Gallery in Santa Monica. Both shows deal with the Pop DNA of fattening foods. The paintings play with perception by drastically changing their size and scale they invite viewers to take an abstract look at an often-overlooked piece of food.

She also plays with paint. "I love paint. I love thick paint and I love color. Many of my paintings appear photo-realistic at a distance, and become abstracted the closer you stand to them."

She sees many similarities between songwriting and painting. Both are intuitive. “Just as is songwriting, it is rewarding when your painting touches another person.” "




Without going into too much detail, a peep at at Carole's natal chart, set for 12 noon on 8 March 1947, New York City, to discover how her dual arty talents are reflected there.


THIS:
Venus (planet of the arts) in Aquarius in trine to Neptune (creativity) and quite possibly Moon depending on exact degree (inner self) in Libra (sign ruled by Venus).