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Carol Carpenter Art

American, b. 1948

Inspired by the always-changing beauty of nature, artist Carol Carpenter works from a place of spontaneity and self-discovery. Her blending of observation and imagination coalesces in vivid colors across the canvas. The American artist’s vibrant work conveys a sense of wonder and her lifelong interest in the great outdoors while also bringing introspective expression to her abstract paintings.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1948, Carpenter graduated from Antioch University with a dual major in art and psychology. She began painting and exhibiting seriously in the 1980s. 

With a focus on the Abstract Expressionist style,  Carpenter uses oil paint, acrylics and watercolors in a methodical, multi-stage application of color and forms. Using photographs and computer images as references, she overlays colors of varying media to produce distinct textures. She begins by spraying pigment onto a surface, creating an “under-painting.” As the initial application dries, darker and lighter spots appear, creating abstract forms. 

Alongside her painting practice, she worked as a mental health research associate at the National Institute of Mental Health, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center. Carpenter retired from a 35-year career teaching art at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. She continues to paint and bring colorful new worlds to life from her studio in Columbia, Maryland.

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Artist: Carol Carpenter
Bermuda, original abstract expressionist marine landscape
By Carol Carpenter
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
The beauty and mystique of the popular and legendary island of Bermuda is explored in this original abstract expressionist marine landscape. Stone walls overflowing with magenta bou...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Carol Carpenter Art

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Oil

Lake Como, original 24x24 abstract expressionist Italian landscape
By Carol Carpenter
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Lake Como, Italy, really is of superior luxury down to the very details; it meanders through wishes and dreams of exotic hues, textures and nuances. Artist Carol Carpenter's abstra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Carol Carpenter Art

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Acrylic

Winter, original 28x22 abstract expressionist landscape
By Carol Carpenter
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Statuesque trees in a range of lush colors surveille the grounds as blankets of snow protect a potpourri of free form elements in an abstract expressionist winter wonderland landsca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Carol Carpenter Art

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Oil

Flora, original 24x24 floral abstract expressionist landscape
By Carol Carpenter
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
The lush, joyous florals seem to float surrounded by supernatural beauty. Factor in the representational underpinning and abstract expressionist texture, colors and imagery and you ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Carol Carpenter Art

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Acrylic

Coastal II, 36 x 48 original abstract expressionist acrylic marine landscape
By Carol Carpenter
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Let your imagination run free throughout your fantasy coastal paradise! Visit that magic spot where the sand forms images in the sky in tones of heather and azure while the ocean's ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Carol Carpenter Art

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Acrylic

Blooming, original 24x24 abstract expressionist floral landscape
By Carol Carpenter
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
A sumptuous, exotic composition that is bursting with color, excitement, shape and texture with subtle yet captivating underlying illumination that captivates the imagination. The lo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Carol Carpenter Art

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Acrylic

Water for Life, original 60x48 acrylic abstract expressionist landscape
By Carol Carpenter
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Water for life offers possibilities of redemption, renewal, a cleansing. This 60x48 original abstract expressionist acrylic landscape explores the multitude of layers that reveal the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Carol Carpenter Art

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Beaches, original 40x30 abstract expressionist marine landscape
By Carol Carpenter
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
This original abstract impressionist acrylic painting by internationally trending artist Carol Carpenter, "Beaches," is bubbling over with shades of pe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Carol Carpenter Art

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Day Break, original 60x48 abstract expressionist acrylic landscape
By Carol Carpenter
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Day break offers possibilities of redemption, renewal, a cleansing. This 60x48 original abstract expressionist acrylic landscape explores the multitude of layers that reveal themselves in the many processes inherent in such a noble endeavor. Soft light and pleasing color afford the leisure to interpret, ponder and dream the most private of thoughts. Ever since attending Antioch College fifty years ago, artist Carol Carpenter...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Carol Carpenter Art

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