Carol received her BA in art education from the Universtiy of North Carolina at 
Greensboro. She earned a Master's degree in interdisciplinary studies, painting and sculpture, from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has studied painting at the Marchutz School in Aix en Provence, France. She also has participated in intensive workshops in pastels, painting and mono printing through James Madison University.
Carol taught art in elementary schools in North Carolina and Virginia for many years, twenty-five of which were in Fairfax County, Virginia. She mentored new teachers, held workshops for teachers, presented programs at Virginia Art Education Association conferences, and had articles published in School Arts Magazine.
Carol has been predominately a landscape painter, using both oil and acrylic paints. Recently she has been expressing herself in non-objective painting and also working with mixed media.
In Tucson, Carol is a member of Southwestern League of Fine Arts, Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona and Paper Works. She has shown her work with these organizations as well as other Arizona venues.
Exhibits
Look for a special event in December of 2010.
Evolution!
Artist's Statement
The natural world is a feast for all senses, but the visual reaches out to me and demands that its essence be captured on canvas.
Asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, "an artist", was always my answer. Not surprisingly art became my major in college, leading to a career teaching my favorite subject. I found my love of art shared by many young children. Through the years I worked along with them in a a variety of media.
Now as a painter and mixed media artist, I spend many happy hours each day working in my studio. My focus has been on landscape and nature. I was influenced by living in Japan, copious travel, a summer of plein-air painting in Provence, and living on an incredibly beautiful water front and wooded property in Virginia.
A recent move from the East Coast to Arizona has given me a wealth of artistic stimulation and new ideas. THere are not enough hours in the day to create all that is in my mind.
My work is an ever changing process. I want to capture a moment in time, not a literal copy, to get the sensory feel of the place, the thing, the moment. I paint things that speak to me..straw stacks in the sunset, charcoal skies above golden trees, patterns in the water. Each has a place in the world. Each is a beautiful tale of life.
Most recently, my work has evolved to non-objective expressions. Who knows what I will do next, but I am enjoying the continuing evolution .