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Dick Heimbold

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ARTIST STATEMENT

Carol Garland

Throughout childhood, Carole Garland loved drawing, but it wasn’t until at 16, she stepped into a live figure drawing class at the Art Institute of Chicago, that the flame was ignited.  She pursued her artistic dream in college by dropping all her education courses, disappointing her father and taking up art.  After working a year in the real world, she dropped everything to go to Mexico and take a quarter off to study acrylic painting at the University of the Americas in Mexcio City.

While working 9 to 5 jobs as a social worker, book editor, sales executive and more, after her move to Los Angeles, she studied oil painting with Keith Finch of the Otis Art Institute and plein air watercolor with Don Blaisdell.  After retirement, she returned to oil painting, studying with plein air painters Frank Serrano, Jeff Horn and Calvin Liang.

Carole Garland is active on the Board of Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore, as well as Paint-out Co-chair and serves on the Associate Artists Committee of the California Art Club.  She is represented by TAG Gallery in Santa Monica.

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“From the first day I began painting in the Santa Monica Mountains, I wanted to express the feeling of absolute awe I experienced hiking the mountain trails, wandering through mustard-filled spring meadows and along the canyon creeks.

“Through trial and error,  long hours in the sun, and much spilled paint, while always focused on the effect of light on landscape, I’ve tried to record the essence of the site, convey a mood and create a dramatic work of art.”

                                                                                                      ----Carole Garland

Email:  carol-garland@sbcglobal.net

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