Pauline Decarmo

July 6 - August 2, 2020

Raised in Queens NY, Pauline has been painting in the City of Hudson since 2011 and has exhibited her work numerous times throughout New York State, including at John Davis Gallery, Gallery at 46 Green Street, and the Mildred I. Washington Art Gallery.  Currently, her work can be seen on the cover of July 2020’s Chronogram Magazine.  She is a co-curator of the ongoing Annual Protest of Art Exhibition.  One highlight of her painting career was being selected for a residency in Rome, Italy through the Rome Art Program Scholarship.  She has degrees as a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design and a Bachelor of Arts from City College of New York.  She has been selling her artwork to collectors in NYC, Hudson and beyond for over 10 years.  

“Escapes,” the collection of paintings selected for Window On Hudson, showcase Pauline’s figurative work as well as her more abstract industrialscapes.  The figurative works are highly personal, and share Pauline’s study of the human condition.  They are a record of things that have happened in her life.  They often reflect her feelings about past events, and over time, if her feelings change, the work may change as well.  But a record of the event is sustained.  A strong example of this technique is “Right Before”, a self portrait that was created and then later, as Pauline’s life changed, required that her portrayal of herself change as well.  

Her industrialscapes come from early life experiences in Queens and later at Parsons, where for a smoker (she has since quit smoking) fire escapes are a large part of daily life.  With friends and other artists she observed life from a perspective most don’t get to see.  She found a similar view in the alleys of Hudson, which are laced with fire escapes, stairways and porches, hidden from the view of the average visitor.  In contrast to her portraits, which study the ever changing human body, Pauline feels that with industrial spaces, no matter how much you paint it the structure will be the same.