M Carlen Receives Honorable Mention - San Diego, CA
August 8th, 2015 - Oceanside, CA
M Carlen received "Honorable Mention" in the watercolor category for the August monthly members show at the San Dieguito Art Guild's "Off Track Gallery" located in Encinitas, CA. The awarded piece entitled "Enchanted Paris Evening" is one of four paintings in a new collection Carlen has debuted as the "Paris Romance Collection" and features a couple experiencing a romance along the back drop of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The monthly show was judged by acclaimed realist artist Igor Koutsenko.
Koutsenko was born along the Crimean Peninsula along the Black Sea and displayed extreme artistic talent as a young child and qualified for adult art school where he later trained at Penza School of Art. Koutsenko lived in Moscow and used the art market to sell his works to Russian and foreign collectors where he fully realized his talent as an independent artist. In 1992 he settled in Oklahoma City. In 1995 he moved to Southern California and opened a private studio in Fallbrook, CA. Igor's work is on permanent collection at the Riverside Museum of Art, Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company, Institute of Specialized Medicine and Hoffman Trust Collection.
M Carlen is a Southern California native born and raised in Pasadena, Calif. having developed her passion for art from her paternal grandmother as a young child. M continues to develop her painting skills and expanding her repertoire of works. She is active in the Carlsbad-Oceanside Art League, San Dieguito Art Guild and has local work for sale in a San Diego winery, as well as, doctors offices. M Carlen is the owner of Originals by M Carlen offering both original art pieces and reproductions of her work. ###