Biography

Artist Statement

I paint because I have to.

In 1994 I was diagnosed with breast cancer.  I had been a workaholic striver in the high tech industry for 25 years.  Grueling 80+ hour weeks and relentless travel had taken their toll.  To survive treatments, I vowed to do something for me and it would be fun!  It had been so long that I didn’t know what fun meant.  But I love water and I love color and I have always loved art.  That added up to watercolor classes.  Me?  I would love to be able to say that I was born with a paintbrush in my hand.  NO!  But - I reminded myself - these classes were for me.  I promised not to strive, not to compete, not to be hard on myself, not to judge.  I was going to have fun!

Biography

Carol Ann has been a full-time artist since 2000, following a twenty-five year sales and marketing career.  During the first years of her painting career, Carol was best known for her colorful interpretations of Mexico, Europe, and the American Southwest.  She has since broadened to include abstract and non-objective acrylic and collage paintings in her work.  Carol also teaches watercolor pouring and watermedia design classes.  She lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Carol has studied with Frank Webb, Alvaro Castagnet, Diane Maxey, Catherine Gill, Evelyne Boren, Jean Grastorf, Judi Betts, Betsy Dillard Stroud, Virginia Cobb, Gerald Brommer, and Katherine Chang Liu.