Carol Mainardi

Growing up around water bodies all her life Carol believes protecting water is everything.  It is in all living things, whether they live at the bottom of the ocean or the driest desert. Carol’s artistic exploration resulted in a series of revelatory and sensual creatures engaged in a fight for, not only for survival but also, for love and their connection to water.  Carol expands the allegorical element creating dialectic between her creatures, fish, mermaids, fairies, birds and turtles etc.... and their inner world and what they encounter within their environment.  There are multi-texture self-developed printmaking techniques that Carol draws the viewer’s attention to the various “tales” each artwork represents. Yet, for their entire struggle, for all their challenges, a gentle current of hope remains possible.  Carol is teacher an Art Therapist and a conservator of books and fine art on paper.