CAROL FARMER

Oils	Website: E-mail: cf1212[at]shentel[dot]net

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I grew up in Northern Virginia with an appreciation of art from my father who painted with oil and acrylics.  He also made his own molds and poured plaster-of-paris plaques, statues, lamps, etc.  He would line them up around a picnic table and my sisters and I had the after-school task of painting these items prior to homework or play. 

Whether we intended to or not, art got into our blood and we learned a great deal about color, balance, contrast, etc., and we have each enjoyed one or more artistic endeavors.

I didn’t paint on canvas until I moved to the Shenandoah Valley in 2001 and commenced taking art classes.  I was immediately addicted to oils because of their flexibility and the constructive challenges in getting to the ‘completed painting’.