Carole Flagg was born and raised in Chicago, IL, moving to Scarsdale, NY in her teens. She graduated with a major in Drama from Bradford College in Haverill, MA, and later turned to the study of Fine Arts.She pursued a wide range of courses at the Newark, (NJ), School of Fine and Industrial Arts.
While raising her two children, she worked with woodcut printing, took the Famous Artists Course, studied with prominent local artists in New Jersey, attended the Creative Art Guild and the Art Alliance, and studied Graphics Arts at Monmouth College in Long Branch, NJ. Carole's study of the impressionists left an impact on her which infuses much of her work. After moving to Florida in 1985, she continued to study painting and drawing with several local artists, the Palm Harbor Arts Center, (where she also taught pencil drawing), and the Dunedin Fine Arts Center, where she is a member. She also studied painting with theinternationally renowned artist, Alan Banks, at Atelier Plein Air in Safety Harbor for two years, and studied Print Making at the Universityof South Florida Extended Learning Center. She also teaches a variety of media, and maintains her studio in Tampa.
When I paint, I am after something beyond the technical approach to art. I want to invoke a response in the viewer that is at a deeperlevel than the visual alone. It is hard to explain, but I am always striving for this illusive quality in my approach to everyday things wesee. She has earned two Best of Show awards, a first place Blue Ribbon, and other awards at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center shows.
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