Carol Es, contemporary, self-taught artist, Los Angeles, specializing in garment patterns and oil paintings with embroidery.

Growing up in the sweatshops of the Los Angeles apparel industry with my dysfunctional family has become the thread that flows through the story in my work. Dreams, childhood memory, and the materials from the garment manufacturing trade creep into my artwork as a type of redemption. I see my work as an argument for a paradoxical reality and a sort of sarcastic narrative documentation that reveals my underlying trepidation. Art has become a methodical, visionary activity I've used to distract myself from all the bullshit I've had to encounter, and a saving grace I use to reconstruct what wasn't.