Welcome to the Carranza Collective!
What makes the Carranza Family Gallery singularly engaging is the way in the personal lives of each artist crosses paths with their professions and close friends. Their willingness to let their experiences and professions intersect, and to reflect upon them with others, enriches the content of their art with much diversity and intensity
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Joel Carranza is the youngest member of the Carranza Collective. His role in the family is both son and webmaster. At an early age, Joel rebelled against his two artist parents and began writing software programs, rejecting the paintbrush and embracing technology. Since emerging from college with a degree focused on computer graphics, Joel has found renewed interests in the arts, shifting his focus from the technical to the expressive. Joel's passion is currently photography, which he finds getting less digital and more analog every day. Find out more |
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Susan Carranza has been practicing art and art therapy for 30 years, taking breaks to “feed fish, shelve books and sell pastry”. She has a always loved collecting things and merging them together in new ways. Her areas of focus are printmaking , figure drawing, collage, paper /book making, and clay. Find out more |
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Elihu Carranza's art draws on his roles of craftsman, educator, theologian - father and husband. Carranza’s profession as a woodcarver and teacher continues providing people with alternative applications of his craftsmanship and creativity. His artwork is influenced by a variety of core theological and social topics. In all he brings to the viewer a fresh perspective into abstract forms where aesthetics unfolds in terms of symbols, invented visual allegories, and poetry. He claims, “Art is the search for reality’s end-points and where it meets the Truth.” Find out more |
Recent Additions
- Carl Jung Center Exhibition
Monday, November 17th, 2008
The Jung Center in Houston featured a group exhibition of the Carranza family reflecting upon when Susan Carranza struggled with cancer. The exhibition highlights the emotional expressions of hope, eventual remission and reflection from different perspectives: Susan Carranza, her husband, and their son, Joel.
The exhibition consists of fifteen large black to white, cineary toned, drawings [...] - Breast Cancer Walk 2008
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
I would like to thank all who contributed to the Breast Cancer Walk last weekend. We had a 6 walkers on our GCRL team and raised $165.00, which is double what we raised last year. So, thanks again to all who gave or walked. And we will see you again next year.
Susan Carranza - Casanova Disco
Friday, January 18th, 2008
This is a story constructed with composite collage media. It is a portrait about JR’s world of dancing shapes he sees passing buildings on the way to work. One day he decides to quite and recontructs his world in order move on with the rest of his life. By Elihu Carranza
