Vintage 1960\'s Joy Caros Black Velvet Painting, \"Madonna\", Mid Century

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Vintage 1960\'s Joy Caros Black Velvet Painting, \"Madonna\", Mid Century:
$850.00

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\"Madonna\" by Joy Caros
I learned from the artist, Joy Caros, (see email below) that this painting was completed in the 1960\'s. This was at her height of popularity in pop culture having recently painted the cast of \"It\'s a Mad, Mad, Mad, World\" and manycelebrities and models from that time period. The painting is titled \"Madonna\" and, according to Joy, was painted using an Italian model while she painted for a period of time in Italy. The outside measurements of the frame are about 30\"x36\". Alocalgallery has agreed to help me mail the painting to be sure it arrives safely.
I emailed Joy Caros to learn more about this painting. Ireceived the painting from my father as a gift. I do love the painting. He agreed to allow me to sell the painting to put toward college classes. My father purchased the painting from an elderly couple from Germany. I wrote to Joy to learn more about the painting. The following is her response to me.
Dear Julia,This paintinng was probably painted in Italy in the 1960\'s. I used models there for working on the painting. The title is \"Madonna\". the reail value then was $800 depending on the size. Did your father purchase the painting in America or Canada.Present value $ 3,000 +.Thanks for your interest.sincerely,Joy CarosJOY CAROS
PAINT IMAGES OF THE SPIRIT

by Carolyn Angela Fritsch (Copied from the Joy Caros web page)

Powerful contrast, deep emotion, vitality, rich texture - these are the elements of the art Joy Caros. Her brushes form the images of the spirit, timeless and the contemporary. Realism and surrealism are woven throughout her work.

Joy has painted commissioned portraits of Miss A. Mayrink- Veiga, Lady Rothermere of London, the five children of Adnan Kashoggi, the Beatles, Spencer Tracy, and Sammy Davis, Jr. Producer Stanley Kramer flew her to Hollywood to paint the thirteen stars of \"It\'s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.\"

When she painted Red Skelton, the master clown had just begun to paint his clown collection. He shared with Joy the secret of a specially developed white paint. His gift has had a continuing impact on the colors she uses to this day. Those colors and a unique oil painting technique that she has spent twenty-five years perfecting have made Joy an internationally recognized leader in her specialized media.

Joy introduces another perspective. \"I want to give people a foothold in realism and then draw them deeper into the symbols of surrealism,\" she states. So, she paints a clown to speak of life with its deceiving masks, the female nude to represent the tenderness of the soul and spirit, a man of blue to show the coldness of the ego which thinks only of itself, and the eagle which is the image of freedom. \"I see in animals a sweet beauty and strength and I see this also in people.\" In her painting \"Harmony\" the horse\'s mane flows into and becomes the woman\'s hair. Horse and woman share the spirit of the strength and speed needed to live in these times.

The surrealist approach also achieves one direct thought in each painting. The background is free from distractions and so intensifies the impact. \"Nothing softens the blow,\" Joy points out. There is softeness, however - vulnerability, if you like - in her realism. A distinctive mark of her work is the tear - so real that the temptation is to wipe it away.

\"Why do I paint? I paint because it was born in me to paint. Ever since I was a little girl, I knew there was something inside of me that made me have to paint. I just didn\'t know the name of that something, then.\"

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Vintage 1960\'s Joy Caros Black Velvet Painting, \"Madonna\", Mid Century:
$850.00