Caroline Furr

Caroline Furr during her exhibition at Cerulean Arts MAPS Until humanity took a balloon up into the sky in 1818, we had never seen what is called the lay of the land. Then in 1858, Nadar (as he was known) brought his camera up in one and made the first aerial photograph.
Before these two developments early cartographers were free to devise land and water mass as they imagined, and it is curious to see in early maps how often the forms, the markings, the outlines are in the figure of animals and humans, the shape of the world as a reflection of ourselves. With the exception of the distortion in Georgian Letters, and the reiteration in Somewhere Between, these paintings are a close replica of the source material.
The Mesopotamians, as early as 3400BC, constructed their cities with what looks to be a writing system. The Romans made Barcelona in the shape of a heart that exists today, and Pompeii was clearly a fish with the important amphitheatre its eye. The animal shape of Fairfax, and the complex buildings and clear images carved by the Pueblo people out of sandstone and shale are not oblique.
Current mapmaking relies upon existing maps for reference, but How to Make a Map concerns itself with an earlier time when the mysterious and mesmerizing sky was more in need of understanding than a trail or river. In a web of vegetation these globes and lights form another kind of map. Everything was curvy before instruments. Updated Map represents many cities on one impractical map. Not available in pocket size.

Caroline Furr Resume
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Tour & Talk June 2024

Caroline Furr's current solo exhibition MAPS is on view October 15 - November 9, 2025.
Tour & Talk with Caroline Furr, 2025

Aerial view of a city with green and red coloration

Aerial view of a city with green and red coloration

Full of Oil, Fairfax, Oklahoma, mixed media on panel, 12" x 16" Available

Colorful abstract landscape with various shades of green, purple, and blue.

Somewhere Between, Normandy, France, mixed media on panel, 12" x 16" Available

Rock formation with 'ancient building remnants against a blue sky

A Common Ground, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, mixed media on panel, 12" x 16" Available

Green aerial landscape

Georgian Letters, Bath, UK, mixed media on panel, 12" x 16" Available

Map of Russia with a blue background

Russian, Russia, mixed media on panel, 12" x 16" Available

The Ancient Imagination, Roman 40 AD, mixed media on panel, 12" x 16" Available

Map with a red highlighted area and a blue body of water

The Perpetual Heart, Barcelona, Spain, mixed media on panel, 12" x 16" Available

Red fish painting on a textured surface with a mountainous background

Red fish painting on a textured surface with a mountainous background

Laid to Rest, Pompeii, 79 AD, mixed media on panel, 12" x 16" Available

Painting with floral elements and map background

Updated Map, mixed media on rag paper, 70" x 42" Available

Abstract artwork with various shapes and patterns on a dark background

How to Make a Map, mixed media on rag paper, 30" x 172" Available

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Caroline Furr's previous solo exhibition was held June 5 - 30, 2024. A selection of works is available at the gallery as indicated below. For inquiries on all other works shown, please Contact Us.

Bird Bath, mixed media on rag paper by Cerulean Arts Collective Member Caroline Furr.

Bird Bath, mixed media on rag paper, 50" x 42"

Forest Floor, mixed media, collage on paper by Cerulean Arts Collective Member Caroline Furr.

Forest Floor, mixed media and collage on paper, 82" x 42"

Branching - Behind the Bark, mixed media, collage on paper by Cerulean Arts Collective Member Caroline Furr.

Branching - Behind the Bark, mixed media on rag paper, 60" x 42"

Emerging Alphabet, mixed media on panel by Cerulean Arts Collective Member Caroline Furr.

Emerging Alphabet, mixed media on panel, 12" x 16"

A Certain Time of Day, mixed media on panel by Cerulean Arts Collective Member Caroline Furr.

A Certain Time of Day, mixed media on panel, 12" x 16"

Readymade, mixed media on panel by Cerulean Arts Collective Member Caroline Furr.

Readymade, mixed media on panel, 12" x 16" Available

Art then Death, mixed media on panel by Cerulean Arts Collective Member Caroline Furr.

Art then Death, mixed media on panel, 16" x 12" Available

Disguise, mixed media on panel by Cerulean Arts Collective Member Caroline Furr.

Disguise, mixed media on panel, 16" x 12" Available

The Interview, mixed media on panel by Cerulean Arts Collective Member Caroline Furr.

The Interview, mixed media on panel, 12" x 16" SOLD

Observing Being Observed, mixed media on panel by Cerulean Arts Collective Member Caroline Furr.

Observing Being Observed, mixed media on panel, 16" x 12" Available

Wood & Breeze, mixed media on rag paper by Cerulean Arts Collective Member Caroline Furr

Wood & Breeze, mixed media on rag paper, 9" x 12" Available

Dusk, Park La Brea, mixed media on panel, 16" x 12" Available

Fence & Wind, mixed media on rag paper by Cerulean Arts Collective Member Caroline Furr.