Carrie Everitt
I have considered myself an artist since I was young. Graduating with a bachelor of fine arts degree and masters and education, I have been teaching art in different capacities since 2000. Although formally trained in art school, as I began teaching techniques to others, I started to experiment with various styles, ultimately gravitating toward the colorful palette that I used today. Painting is all about finding a way to capture the light. I strive to capture light in its utmost beauty. I enjoy intensifying color was stain, true to the light fall upon objects. Whether be a landscape or portrait, I tend to paint from black-and-white photographs, so I can express the object or space in my own way. I enjoy the way colors tend to dance upon the canvas. My paintings tell story, three emotion, brushstrokes, and color. I hope people find familiarity in the landscapes or objects. I paint, yet see them through a whole new set of eyes. Most of what I create is done on a commission basis, painting request from clients the way I see it.
As an art educator, who has taught a span of techniques and styles, when clients come to me I usually tell them I can paint in any style with any color palette, although I love to utilize my colorful color palette when possible. I have a designers eye so many times I look at a clients space and incorporate the colors they are already utilizing in their home to tie the commissioned piece into their decor. I encourage people to commission a subject matter that means something to them to customize their space or home into an enjoyable space. I have painted everything from flowers and landscapes to pets and cars for clients. My Masters golf artwork was in the Augusta regional airport gallery last spring and I ended up selling over 25 golf themed commissioned paintings in 2023. Besides my main discipline of oil painting, I also work often in other drawing media such as graphite, charcoal, oil pastel, and chalk pastel. Glass mosaic work is also one other media I enjoy working in and have done mosaic installations.