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Carolyn Boccella Bagin
Life has a funny way of coming full circle. I suppose you could say I’m a late bloomer. I guess I've been marinating for years!
When I was young, I doodled all the time. It drove my mother crazy. Sketches hidden away on scraps of paper. Always pen in hand ready to scribble on the corner of the notepad. I filled my school notebooks with drawings in the margins next to notes about calculus, history, or literature. I never wanted to leave the occasional art class that I could fit into my busy academic schedule.
But college, grad school, and professional life took me in a different direction. Now after many years helping corporate and government clients solve communication problems, I decided it was now time to be brave.
At its core, my work always includes looking at how language and design elements work together for clarity. But since my first love still beckons, I'm seeing it in new ways.
Painting is just another form of communication. Perhaps a more intimate one.
Peacefulness.
Tranquility.
Restfulness.
What’s hidden in the shadows? What small moments do others not see?
I’m experimenting with acrylics and oils. In this bustling world we live in, depicting scenes that move me emotionally, that capture occasions of quietude, that echo the silence — that’s what’s important to remember.
Landscapes, flowers, scenes from foreign cities, people caught unguarded, pets, storing memories, usually peaceful ones. Places of solace. Wonder. Awe.
I hope you are moved as well.
Where did I work?
Center for Clear Communication, Inc.
Document Design Center, American Institutes for Research
IMR Systems Corporation
Bensalem Township Schools
Where has my artwork been displayed?
Autumn Colors and Reflections, Glenview Mansion, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville, MD — October-November, 2024
Local Inspiration, Windridge Vineyards, 15700 Darnestown Road, Darnestown, MD — September-December 2024
Fall 2024 Art at the Mill, juried show at Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, Virginia — September-October, 2024
Honorable Mention, Landscape
Paint the Town Labor Day Show, Kensington Armory, Kensington, Maryland — August 31-September 2, 2024
Nature as the Artist's Muse, Brookside Garden, Wheaton, Maryland — July 2024
Small Works Show IX, Friends of the Yellow Barn — May 2024
Spring Art at the Mill, juried show at Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, Virginia — April-May 2024
Paint the Joy of Life, Benjamin Gaither Center Gallery Art Show, Gaithersburg, Maryland — March 2024
Summer show at Locally Crafted, 201 Boardwalk Place, Gaithersburg, Maryland — June 1-30, 2023
The Spirit of Collaboration, partner show with Roger Perez, Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery, Glen Echo Park, Bethesda, Maryland — May 20-21, 2023
Heart of the Vineyard Spring Show, Windridge VIneyard, Darnestown, Maryland — April 2023
Spring Art at the Mill, juried show at the Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, Virginia — April 2023
28th Annual Friends of the Yellow Barn Member Show. Juried show in Glen Echo Park. Bethesda, Maryland — December 2022
Glenview Mansion Exhibition, Alone, Together. Glenview Mansion, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville, Maryland — October-November 2022
Fall Art at the Mill, juried show at the Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, Virginia — October 2022
Loudoun Cares 2022 Art Auction, Virtual and Live, Leesburg, Virginia, October 2022
Small Works VII Show, Live show at the Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery, Glen Echo Park, May 2022
Spring Is in the Air, Windridge Spring 2022 Exhibit, (juried show), Windridge Vineyard, Darnestown, Maryland -- April-June 2022
Spring 2022 Art at the Mill, juried show at the Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, Virginia — April-May 2022
27th Annual Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio Members Show, juried show at Glen Echo Park, Maryland — December 2021
Loudoun Cares: 2021 Art Auction, Virtual and Live — (juried show) Leesburg, Virginia, October 2021
Art at the Mill, juried show at the Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, Virginia — October 2021
Small Works Show VI, Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio — May-June 2021
Small Works Show V, Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio — July 2020
Loudoun Cares: Live and Virtual 2020 Art Auction — (juried show) Leesburg, Virginia , October 2020