SELECTED AWARDS, Articles, AND SHOWS
“Champagne and Flowers” show at The Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA, May 2024
“Petal Pushers” awarded Honorable Mention at Potomac Valley Watercolorists exhibit at Green Spring Gardens.
Special Merit Award from “Art and Color 365” magazine’s Open Competition for “Just Ripe”, Spring 2024
Artist participant in Artomatic 25, a seven-week art extravaganza with over 1,000 other artists, Washington, DC, March to April 2024
“Morning Reflections” and “That First Cup of the Morning” chosen for the “Reflections” nationally juried exhibit, Maryland Federation of Art’s Circle Gallery, March to April 2024
“Happiness of Color” show of abstract work at The Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA March, 2024
“Just Ripe” receives BWS Special Merit Award at Potomac Valley Watercolorists’ Fall Show and Sale, November 2024
“Desert Rose” chosen for “Symphony of Color” nationally juried show at Martha Spak Gallery, Washington, DC, October to November 2023
“Debordieu Vista #4” closes for nationally juried show, “Out of the Blue” at Gallery Underground, Arlington, VA, August 2023
“Flora” Show at The Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA, April 2023
“Winter Chill: Abstracts” Show at The Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA February 2023
“Prodigal Rambler” chosen for National Juried exhibit “Claim to Fame” at Gallery Underground, Arlington, VA, January to February 2023
“Bounty” selected for 2023 Regional Juried Exhibition at the Hill Center Galleries, Washington, DC January to May 2023
Virginia Watercolor Society Annual Exhibitions, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
“Spring Bouquet” Show at The Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA, May 2022
Second Place, “Waltz with the Wind”, Potomac Valley Watercolorists Green Spring Gardens Show, April to June 2022”
Carolyn Paints Shop launched on Society6, products for sale featuring original patterns created by Carolyn April 2022
Special Recognition Award, “Prodigal Rambler”, Art in Bloom Exhibit at the Martha Spak Gallery, March to April 2022
Honorable Mention, “Bounty”, March Exhibit at the Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, March 2022
“Feathers and Petals”, dual show with Cecilia Capestany at Green Spring Gardens, November 2021 to January 2022.
“And How Does It Taste” selected for “Art Optimism” exhibit at The Atheneum, Alexandria, VA, September to October, 2021
“Tuesday Morning Interior” chosen for AcrylicWorks7 magazine, one of 102 winning works
“Beauty in the Midst” solo exhibit, 292 North Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA, June to Sept 2020
Profile in Watercolor Artist, “Falling Down and Painting Again”, August 2020
Profile in Artists Magazine, “Finding Spontaneity in Still Life”, May 2020
Created the Fencepost Art Gallery, posting an original painting daily on the fence outside my house and on social media, during the Covid 19 Pandemic, April 2020 to May 2021
“Spring Bouquet” Show at The Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA, March to April 2020
RISK, National Juried Exhibition, Gallery Underground, Arlington, VA, May 2019
Second Place, “Cherries Jubilee”, 50th Anniversary National Juried Treasury of Art Show, Vienna Arts Society, Vienna, VA, April, 2019
2019 Juried TREEMendous Art Exhibit, Hill Center, Washington, DC, March to April 2019
“Jane Austen Art” goes live on Zazzle.com, featuring products with Carolyn’s paintings of locales from Austen’s life, November 2018
Solo Show, Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC, April 2018
Profile in Elan magazine, January 2018
“Syncopation” Solo Show, 1st Stage, Tysons Corner, Virginia, November 2017
to January 2018
McLean Project for the Arts ArtFest, October 2016
Best in Show, “Quintet”, Potomac Valley Watercolorists Green Springs Garden Show, April to June 2016
Solo Show, National Institutes of Health, West Alcove Gallery, Bethesda, MD, January to March, 2016
Honorable Mention, “Debordieu Series, Vista #4”, The Influence of Fauvism Membership Exhibit, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, May 2015
“Hungry for God”, dual show, Little Falls Presbyterian, Arlington, VA, July & August, 2013
Honorable Mention, “Upper Falls, Yellowstone” ‘Scapes Membership Exhibit, Art League Gallery, August 2011
“What Lies Beneath”, Solo Exhibit, World Bank Family Network Gallery, Washington, DC,April to May 2004
“Invitational 2003”, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, January, 2003
“Look Inside”, Solo Exhibit, Fourth Floor Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College, May to June 2002
Equal Merit Award, Springfield Art Guild, September 2001
MEMBERSHIPS
Virginia Watercolor Society, Signature Member
Potomac Valley Watercolorists, accepted 2000, past President
Art League of Alexandria
Gallery 75, Alexandria, Virginia
Falls Church Arts
Teaching and Presentations
Private classes in home studio, current
Teacher, McLean Project for the Arts, 2016, 2017
Salamander Resort, Middleburg, VA, substitute Artist in Residence, leading art classes for resort guests, 2015, 2016, 2018
Presentations on Art and Faith, various venues, 2015 to present