Carole Ince

Carole Ince is a multimedia artist who creates vibrant and optimistic art using oil paints and wall paster sculptures.

She is a lifelong learner and has developed her artistic skills and practice through taking fine art courses at the Ottawa School of Art and workshops with Canadian artists.
She has been mentored and traveled to Europe with Canadian Landscape artist Gordon Harrison. She is also greatly influenced by internationally acclaimed sculptor David Clendining and bas-relief sculptor Richard Gill.

Most recently, the artist held an interactive solo exhibition of 60 paintings of women’s hands that she created during the worldwide pandemic. The collection “De ses mains-In Her Hands” is a tribute to women who build a generous, loving and hopeful world. She received a grant from the ARTicipate foundation and the Arts Council of Ontario to support the creation of QR codes for each image that were linked to an e-book which provided a story for each painting.

Carole is a member of Foyer Gallery and paintings are exhibited on an ongoing basis at community gallery spaces. She has been awarded first place for a figurative oil painting and jury’s choice at a ArtEast Juried Exhibition in 2022.
Carole Ince was born in Manitoba and currently lives and creates art in Ottawa.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself”
Maya Angelou
I am a multimedia artist who is passionate about people and the stories that make them resilient and vulnerable. After an extensive career in the social service sector, I continue to pay attention to people and events in my community that deserve to be captured in paintings because of their beauty, resilience, strength, hope and joy.
I currently paint with oil in a contemporary loose style. I use bright colors to bring out the individual’s personality and details of their surroundings.
Seeking a sense of belonging is a basic human need and has been something I longed for since childhood. Creating a sense of connection with family, friends, school work and neighborhoods is critical to building healthy and vibrant communities and I dedicate my artistic practice to this concept.
The viewer will relate to the people and places in this collection with compassion and a sense that they there is more to their stories and an urgent need for acceptance and celebration.
The sense of belonging to a community is reflected in all my art regardless of the medium. Being an eternal optimist, I create pieces and collections that are positive in order pay tribute to and shine the light on people that I have met and places that are special to me.
“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.”
Chuck Palaniuk

Passions 2
Passions 2
$1,000

Oil on canvas (set of 3).

24x30"

Custer of 3 paintings of women's hands contributing to making the world a better place through special interests and passions.

Carole Ince
Passions 3
Passions 3
$850

Oil on canvas (set of 4).

22x22"

Custer of 4 paintings of women's hands contributing to making the world a better place through special interests and passions.

Carole Ince
Passions 4
Passions 4
$850

Oil on canvas (set of 4).

22x22"

Custer of 4 paintings of women's hands contributing to making the world a better place through special interests and passions.

Carole Ince
Diversity 1
Diversity 1
$950

Oil on canvas (set of 4).

24x22"

Custer of 4 paintings of diverse women's hands contributing to making the world a better place.

Carole Ince
Feeling Groovey
Feeling Groovey
$500

Oil on canvas.

18x20"

Preston St Barber, Ottawa

Carole Ince
Ice Dancing
Ice Dancing
$400

Oil on canvas.

18x14"

Mennonite ice skaters on the Rideau canal

Carole Ince
Women at Work 3
Women at Work 3
$850

Oil on canvas (set of 4).

22x22"

Custer of 4 paintings of women's hands contributing to making the world a better place through their chosen careers.

Carole Ince
Passions
Passions
$800

Oil on canvas (set of 4).

20x20"

Custer of 4 paintings of women's hands contributing to making the world a better place through special interests and passions.

Carole Ince
Women in Sports
Women in Sports
$850

Oil on canvas (set of 4).

22x22"

Custer of 4 paintings of women's hands contributing to making the world a better place through sports.

Carole Ince
Wish Upon a Bubble
Wish Upon a Bubble
$600

Oil on canvas.

24x24"

Carole Ince
Chilly Busking
Chilly Busking
$525

Oil on canvas.

18x24"

Accordion player busking in the winter

Carole Ince
March
March
$700

Oil on canvas.

30x16"

Canada on the March- Ceremonial Guards marching band making their way towards Parliament Hill under the Laurier Bridge

Carole Ince
Women at Work 2
Women at Work 2
$850

Oil on canvas (set of 4).

22x22"

Custer of 4 paintings of women's hands contributing to making the world a better place through their chosen careers.

Carole Ince
Military Esprit de Corps Militaire
Military Esprit de Corps Militaire
$875

Oil on canvas.

40x30"

Ottawa Army Run with sprit salutes and memories of RRF in the clouds.

Carole Ince
Women in Health Care
Women in Health Care
$800

Oil on canvas (set of 4).

22x20"

Custer of 4 paintings of women's hands contributing to making the world a better place through their careers in Health Care.

Carole Ince
Travelin' Man
Travelin' Man
$350

Oil on canvas.

12x16"

Carole Ince
Tulip Busking
Tulip Busking
Sold Out

Oil on canvas.

10x12"

Busker in the Byward Market during the Tulip Festival

Carole Ince
Sparks and Buskers
Sparks and Buskers
$900

Oil on canvas.

30x40"

Busker Festival on Sparks Street

Carole Ince
Women at Work
Women at Work
$850

Oil on canvas (set of 4).

22x22"

Custer of 4 paintings of women's hands contributing to making the world a better place through their chosen careers.

Carole Ince
Festive Night Skate
Festive Night Skate
$600

Oil on canvas.

24x24"

Carole Ince
Diversity 2
Diversity 2
$950

Oil on canvas (set of 4).

24x22"

Custer of 4 paintings of diverse women's hands contributing to making the world a better place.

Carole Ince
Le tricotteur
Le tricotteur
$400

Oil on canvas.

14x18"

Byword market, Ottawa travelling knitter.

Carole Ince
Shiver Me Timbers
Shiver Me Timbers
Sold Out

Oil on canvas.

24x16"

Pirate Ship on the Rideau River

Carole Ince
Precious- précieux
Precious- précieux
$225

Oil on canvas.

12x10"

Part of De ses mains- In Her Hands collection which is a tribute to women's contributions to making the world a better place.

Carole Ince