Florida based visual artist
Carey Dean works in a variety of media which includes drawing, painting,
mixed media, and stained glass mosaic. Her nature inspired works have
been exhibited internationally and commissioned for public spaces in
several states. Her stained glass mosaics are her most sought after works
depicting bodies of water and dramatic American landscapes.
Carey Dean received her MFA in 2005 in the United Kingdom and shortly
thereafter she returned to the US to teach undergraduate and pre-college
art and design courses at the University of Wisconsin Stout and
Minneapolis College of Art and Design for over a decade. With a number of
public art commissions, Carey Dean now focuses most of her attention on
large-scale public art projects and custom pieces for residential
commissions.
As an artist, Carey Dean uses traditional art-making techniques to create
abstract representations of natural forms and dramatic landscapes. Her
more recent public art commissions are unique interpretations of
recognizable locations such as state parks using hand-cut stained glass
to create complex mosaics murals. With a painterly approach, Carey
Dean’s mosaics are unusual and break the normal conventions of mosaic
art. Some describe her work as “painting with glass”. Celebrating the
beauty and complexity of the natural world through a variety of media,
Carey Dean’s work transforms architectural spaces with the power of art
imitating nature.