About Carol McGill

Carol McGill            “painting in the Spirit”
“As an experimenter with a distinctive style, I nonetheless owe inspiration to Matisse for creative imagery and to Monet for plein air subtleties.   Whatever the subject or means of expression lush oils are manipulated with a knife to create a work of passion and movement that I hope brings joy. My exploration often begins with an “after Pollock” layer or two and moves forward to an almost abstract subject. Creating colors of high contrast, as employed by van Gogh, is a component of my painting even though mixing almost every hue is also a part of my process. 

Lowcountry Rhythms still take my breath away and I urgently respond to their call, hoping to capture their spirit. 

Professional Experience & Awards
 Teaching adult workshops and art classes in plein air, abstraction, and figure drawing

Commissioned paintings on public display and in private collections in this
country and abroad
2009 Piccolo Spoleto one woman show: charleston green - FANTASY-

2009 “100 Days of Obama” juried show participant

2008 Best in Show, Piccolo Spoleto "Vanishing Landscapes", Charleston, SC
2006 Three One Woman Shows:
     Pacific Coast
     Retro
     Elements
- Winner From the Mountains to the Sea, SC Aquarium, September 2005.
- Winner & Featured Artist Cooper River Bridge Competition, April 2005;
- Featured Artist, Better Homes & Garden Special Edition, Spring 2005.
- Featured Painting, Charleston Home Magazine, Jan/Feb 2005.-

 First Place, Oils, Folly Beach. Festival of the Arts, 2003.
- Featured Artist, Holy City Chronicle, June 2003.
- Featured Artist, Atlanta Home Magazine, March 2003.
- Cover Artist, Skirt Magazine, June 2002.

Recent Exhibitions & Juried Show Competitions, 2005
     Bookfest, Columbia, SC, Feb 2010. Selected Artist

Roper Hospital, Charleston, SC, Nov 2009. Selected Artist.

SC Aquarium Show, Artistic Visions, Charleston, SC. Selected Artist.
Piccolo Spoleto Festival Art Show 2005: Selected Artist
Invited: May 2005: Selected Artist 12th Annual Carmel Plein Air Arts Festival. Participant, Exhibition at Gallery Elite, Carmel, CA.
Maritime Museum, Piccolo Spoleto Arts Festival, Charleston, SC. May-June 2005: “Charleston’s Wild Ride,” solo exhibition by Carol McGill.”
Invited: April 2005: Featured Artist, Kidney Foundation Wine & Art Auction, Charlotte, NC.

Education and Workshops
Workshops: Camille Przewodek “Seeing Color” 2005;

Manning Williams, “Large Scale Paintings” 2004;

Martin Ahrens, “Making it all Connect” 2002.
The Art Students League of New York, 1998.
Mary Washington College, University of Virginia, BA. Major: Studio Art.