Classic Folk Art
Carol Baran
122 Cambridge Trail
Madison, AL 35758
 Years in this craft: 25
Phone: (256) 830-8444
1-800-676-8444

 

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Carol Baran is a folk art painter who extends traditional designs to contemporary living. Her special art form is recreating Old World folk art designs on furniture and objects d'art such as plates, wall plaques, small stools and such. Many of her designs are based on traditional forms from Europe and Russia to include Rosemaling (Norway), Darla Zhostova trays (Russia) and Russian Fairy Tale painting as found on the lacquer boxes. She also has designs based on traditional folk art forms developed in the U.S., such as Fraktur, a German style of decoration on documents, from the various cultural groups who emigrated here. Carol has also studied the works of American painters including Peter Ompir, Peter Hunt and Warner Reed. Her private collection of artwork includes exceptional examples of these various forms painted by renowned artists.

In her studies, Carol has traveled extensively in Europe and photographed numerous painted pieces in museums from Italy to Norway and Sweden. She has assembled an 1800 volume library on the topic of traditional painted folk art forms and related design media from various countries. In addition, she has studied extensively with many of the established folk artists in Norway, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and the United States. With her husband Mike, she has authored articles on Russian Lacquer Boxes and Tunbridge tessellated wares from England. She has completed numerous commissions ranging from a Norwegian "bringing basket" which tells the Biblical story of the five foolish and five wise virgins at the wedding feast, to a china cabinet redecorated in petite French florals; a gun cabinet in a traditional German shooting board design, matching jewelry boxes and hope chests in the Dutch Hindeloopen and Italian impesto florals, and a special chest of drawers decorated in an original floral pattern. She has restored designs on a variety of trays, headboards and other furniture on a custom order basis. Each piece is designed and built specifically for that customer, is totally finished inside and out, and comes with a description of the orgins of the painted designs Carol applies to it.

Folk Art - Preserving the Beautiful Symbols of Life's Enduring Values

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