Carol Rhodes

Carol Rhodes originally pursued art education as a student at Indiana University, but in doing so she found that her passion lay in creating art for personal enrichment rather than for financial gain. Consequently, she changed her major and began dedicating her artistic endeavors solely to personal growth and expression. Now retired from her career in technology training at Indiana University, she is nurturing her artistic spirit by immersing herself in the world of watercolor painting—a pursuit of hers for over 30 years. She finds inspiration in the beauty and serenity of the natural world, and she aims to capture that with the fluid beauty of water mediums. Carol’s artwork in watercolor and gouache celebrates all forms of life and is almost always based in outdoor elements. It is representational. She favors wet wash techniques, vibrant colors, and she works in mostly high-to-middle-key light ranges. She avoids making lines, instead defining forms by values. She also likes to create lost-and-found edges to further engage the viewer. Given these techniques, her work has been described as dreamy in quality. She uses photos as references but in most cases, assimilates various elements of multiple photos and adds imagination to create the final piece.