Award winning watermedia artist Carolyn Marshall Wright is known for her versatility, working in watercolors, acrylics and collage. Her work is infused with a sense of joy, evidenced by her expressive brushwork and exuberant use of color. Impressionistic and imaginative, from representational to abstract and everywhere in between, her art inspires and uplifts the viewer.

Carolyn is a member of Touchstone Gallery in Washington, DC, where she shows regularly. Additionally she exhibits frequently in juried shows in the Mid-Atlantic region. She is a signature member of the Virginia Watercolor Society, and a signature member and past president of Potomac Valley Watercolorists. She was chosen to be part of the multi-venue exhibition “Women Artists of the DMV”.

In addition to receiving numerous awards in regional and national juried art exhibitions, her work has been profiled in Artist’s Magazine (May, 2020, “Finding Spontaneity in Still Life”) and in Watercolor Artist magazine (August, 2020, “Falling Down and Painting Again”). Her painting “Tuesday Morning Interior” was chosen as one of the winning works for “Best of Acrylic 2020” by American Artist and Artists Magazine.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Currently, I’m working in an intuitive manner, balancing spontaneity and control, discovering the piece as I create it. Will it be abstract or have elements of representation in it? The actual process of creation is as vital to me as the end result itself. I strive for authenticity, not sentimentality, attempting to express a highly personal and deeply spiritual viewpoint, all the while incorporating years of technical study of the formal aspects of painting. I began as a watercolorist, and still practice as such. However, once having mastered its rigors, I found myself reaching for something deeper than pure representation in my work, and turned to abstraction in acrylics and mixed media. From there, I experimented with merging abstraction and representation into uniquely expressive pieces. In process or in product, I am always striving for truth, beauty and hope.