Pamela Carroll

Bio

Pamela Carroll

Born and raised in Southern California, Pamela Carroll embraces the traditional focus of Realism and Pictorial Illusionism. Carroll's style of painting has been influenced by the early Dutch masters as well as contemporary realist painters of today.

Pamela Carroll has been a dedicated artist for the majority of her adult life with the exception of a sixteen year hiatus when her priority was motherhood. Currently Pam is a full time artist.

Honors/Awards

00–03
The Artist's Magazine, finalist, Annual Juried Competition.
2005 Monterey Museum of Art, Juried Competition. People’s Choice Award.
2006 The Artist's Magazine, "Still Life Competition." Third Place.
2006 The White House, Washington D.C. Selected as Artist of the Year to paint a series of Christmas paintings used to illustrate the White House Christmas brochure.
2007 Juried into "Small Works North America" show held at Greenwich Workshop Gallery, Fairfield, Connecticut. Publisher’s Choice Award.
2008 Juried into “The New Reality:The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century,” a two year traveling museum show.
2008 Commissioned by the Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, California to paint a Trompe l'oeil work for their permanent collection.
2010 The Artist's Magazine 2010 Annual Art Competition. Finalist in still life catagory for "Three Quarter Time".
2011 Juried into the international guild of realism show held at Sage Creek Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Directors Choice award.
Group Exhibits

2000 Carmel Plein Air Festival.
2003 Oil Painters of America, Western Regional Juried Competition.
2003 Steinbeck Center, Western Regional Juried Show.
2004 Monterey Museum of Art, Juried Competition.
2005 Juried into International Guild of Realism.
2006 International Guild of Realism juried competition at the Manitou Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2006 Klaudia Marr Gallery, Invitational Realism Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2006 Paintings included in “No Empty Walls,” private collection of Stan and Ginnie Eschner held at Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, California.
2007 Juried into International Guild of Realism “Leading Masters of Realism” show held at Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts, Dennis, Massachusetts.
2007 Klaudia Marr Gallery, Invitational Realism Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2008 International Guild of Realism invitational held with Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, Florida.
2008 Invited to participate in “Lie to the Eye.” a trompe l’oeil show held at the Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, California.
2008 Invited to participate in "Contemporary Still Lifes." A show held at the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California.
2009 Invited to participate in the Children's Illustrated Art Museum, Crestwood, Missouri.
2011 International Guild of Realism Juried Competition. Sage Creek Gallery.
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Solo Shows

2000
City of Monterey, California, Alvarado Gallery.
2000 Carmel Art Association, Carmel, California.
2004 Carmel Art Association, Carmel, California.
2005 J. Howell Fine Art gallery, Healdsburg, California.
2006 Hauk Fine Arts gallery, Pacific Grove, California.
2007 J. Howell Fine Art Gallery, Healdsburg, California.
2009 Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California.
2010 Carmel Art Association, Carmel, California.
Articles, Publications

01–08
Illustrated children’s books published by Sleeping Bear Press, Chelsea, Michigan.
2004 The Monterey Herald, "Getting Real" by Lisa Crawford.
2004 International Artist’s Magazine, “How Did You Paint That?” Volume 1.
2006 The Monterey Herald, “Tricking the Eye” by Rick Deragon.
2006 International Artist’s Magazine, “How Did You Paint That?” Volume 2.
2006 Artworks. Winter issue featured article, “Not a Still Life,” by Erin Clark.
2008 The Artist's Magazine, January/February issue featured article, “Toy Stories.”
2008 Carmel Magazine, 2008 issue featured article, “Life in Beautiful Focus” by Brett Wilbur, Editor.
2010 International Artist Magazine, Dec/Jan Issue, Finalist in People, Figures Competition.
2010 The Artist's Magazine, One of the artists included in "32 Insider Tips" article.