Her formal art training has been mostly in the form of workshops with various regional and national art teachers including (the late) Zoltan Szabo, Stephen Quiller, Nita Leland, Tim Deibler, Frank Francese, Louise Cadillac, Desmond O’Hagan, Ken Velastro, Jill Soukup, and the Art Student’s League of Denver.
As an active member of the Colorado art community, Carol's work has been recognized with numerous awards. She has given several demonstrations and workshops to artist organizations in the Denver area. Her work can be seen at Spirits in the Wind Gallery, Golden, CO, West Southwest Gallery in Denver, Columbine Gallery in Frisco, as well as various art shows, exhibits and festivals in Colorado.
In the past few years, Carol has focused her painting primarily in oils or acrylics. Her work is characterized by strong emphasis on light, shadow, and, most of all, color. Her acrylic works are more experimental in nature, and she often uses acrylic gel mediums to build up the substrate of the painting giving a three dimensional effect. Her abstract paintings are a relatively new venture into the the realm of collage, design, and composition.
“As an artist living in Colorado, I am inspired by the incredible beauty we find all around us.. In each painting, I seek to capture a moment in time, a certain essence of light, or a scene of natural beauty. My hope is that the viewer can be transported visually, if only for a moment, to that same place I am representing on canvas.
My abstract paintings, I feel, are pure exercises in the creative process. Each one is like undertaking a journey, with no map and no destination. The finished painting is not something I can envision at the beginning, which is what makes the process so challenging. I think working in both abstract and representational styles keeps my work fresh and exciting."
Carol D. Nelson
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