Carol Skinger

Carol Skinger is an artist in Pittsburgh, born and raised in Vermont: Lake Champlain Islands & Stowe. She is a member of and exhibits with Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Society of Artists, Pittsburgh Urban Sketchers and recently The Pittsburgh Group. Her leadership roles on the board of Pittsburgh Society of Artists were VP, Chair of Publicity and Programs and co- chair of their newsletter. She has had three solo shows and exhibits in many group shows.

Skinger's series of 6 paintings of mobile and manufactured homes exhibited at Three Rivers Arts Festival, resulted in the art award she's proudest of: a Best of Show award from Juror Freyda Spira, Associate Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There were 3 such awards given by Spira at a Pittsburgh Society of Artists anniversary exhibition featured at the Three Rivers Arts Festival. The festival theme was 'Unseen Unheard'.

Growing up with a craftsman sculptor father was a considerable influence. Carol attended the California College of the Arts (BFA) formerly California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, CA; Instituto Allende, Mexico; Boston Architectural Center; Carlow University; Truro Center for the Arts and had a career in Interior Design & Space Planning in architecture and design firms in PA, MA and VT.

In Carol's artist statement she asks "Is there an energy I sense in my subjects, whether actual concrete subjects one can see, or my imaginary subjects /inklings? Can I render something new (to me) with my brushes and mark makers? My intention in my artwork is to seek and create the energy of my observations. The sensation is ever present of looking for novel combinations of marks and lines, trying to put myself off balance. I juggle my love of landscape with a hand perhaps guided by some angel, who wants to move into uncharted territory. That keeps things interesting.

Seeing: light rays enter the eye through the cornea, the front "window" of the eye. The retina receives the image the cornea focuses through the eye's internal lens, then transforms the image into electrical impulses that are carried by the optic nerve to the brain. The canard is that artists paint what they see. Do they? Do I? This is the playing field where I work out what will land on the page or canvas.