Caroline's Profile

From: Burlington, NC
Joined: June 24, 2008
www.watercolorsbycaroline.com

About deedles:

Hi!
Thanks for visiting my "artist page". I am a freelance watercolorist and would love to do nothing but that full time. A Georgia girl, I relocated to NC in 1999. I live with my 2 younger kids, a fiesty dalmation, 2 cats, 2 turtles and 3 fish. Life is full and busy.

I really dont remember "becoming" an artist. It's always been me. Creating is a natural thing I've been doing since I was wee little and could never see myself not drawing or painting. I believe I became an artist out of a natural desire to create. I recall the joy of mixing crayon colors together on paper when I was 5 and remember to this day the colors I used (orange & pink) and how the result made me feel...like I'd discovered something new. So it's just always been a part of me.

When I am creating I feel that I am at peace with myself and life is not so hard to handle. The world drifts away and I go to a place where time stops and life flows. I paint because I am...and I have a desire to give to others a part of me and the way I interpret life...that would not be seen otherwise.

Georgia O'Keefe expressed this desire well..."When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else."

Although I started out drawing people,faces and animals as a kid, watercolor is my favorite. With watercolor you're never sure how it's going to look when it dries. Control is difficult. Mistakes are often a good thing. Watercolors are unpredictable...much like life...and that is what I love about this medium.

I have concentrated in recent years on big floral watercolors. Portraits, seascapes, still lifes, planes, boats and buildings, life stills are also some of what I do. If you have something in mind, I will take commissions, within reason, so send me an email.

CURRENT EXHIBITS: RIVER LANDING INN, SAXAPAHAW NC ~ 2008 ~ For Directions visit: www.riverlandinginn.com

PAST EXHIBITS:
* Staff/Faculty Art Show, Alamance Community College in 2004
* The Gallery on Main Street, Burlington, NC
* The Burlington Artist League 2001-2002 Fine Arts Competition
* President's Art Show 2005, North Carolina Community College System
* The Mable House, Mableton Georgia
* "The Gallery", Rome Georgia
* Strong's Cafe, Mebane, NC
* Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro NC January 2007
* May Memorial Library, Burlington NC, February 2007
* Art on The Vine, Mebane NC, May 2007
* River Landing Inn, Saxapahaw NC, July 2007
* Art and Soul Art Gallery, Mebane, July 2007
* River Landing Inn, Saxapahaw, Featured Artist for November 2007
* Art on the Vine 2008, Iron Gate Winery, Mebane

MEMBERSHIPS: Burlington Artists League & Alamance Artisans Guild

AWARDS:
"MA PERKINS", Honorable Mention, 2003 BAL Fine Arts Competition

Works include: Roses, Children on the Beach, Still Lifes, Planes,Boats, Buildings, Portraits, Seascapes and Animals.