Carrol Parker is a local watercolorist who began the study of watercolor with the late Harold Holly in 1980. She has since been influenced by watercolorists Edward Norton Ward and the late Sam Colburn. She studied art at California State University at Chico and graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Arts degreee and a teaching credential in art. After several years of teaching art in the public school system, Carol began a children's art workshop in her studio offering private and group lessons to children ages eight through eighteen.
Carol has now devoted herself to full time painting. Her style is loose and impressionistic. Her brushstrokes are simple and direct. She prefers a "painterly" approach, and feels equally comfortable painting plein air landscapes as well as still life and figurative work. She has lived in Monterey County for the past twenty years and continues to draw much of her inspiration from the local landscape.
Carol has entered and won awards in several local shows. She continues to pursue her love of watercolor as she develops her impressionistic style through the studies of the Monterey Peninsula.
Carrol Parker is a local watercolorist who began the study of watercolor with the late Harold Holly in 1980. She has since been influenced by watercolorists Edward Norton Ward and the late Sam Colburn. She studied art at California State University at Chico and graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Arts degreee and a teaching credential in art. After several years of teaching art in the public school system, Carol began a children's art workshop in her studio offering private and group lessons to children ages eight through eighteen.
