CAROL MILLER FROST

About the Artist

EDUCATION: MFA, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD (1986); BS, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD (1982) AWARDS: Franz & Virginia Bader Fund Grant, 2013, Loyola University MD Summer Research Grant, 2011, MD State Arts Council Individual Artist Award, 2013, 2002, 1996, 1995 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: "Body Work" 2010, Stevenson University, "Mica at Rochefort-enterre", MICA 2010, From The Center Line Drawings" C. Grimaldis Gallery 2009 Baltimore, "Full Circle" Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore 2008, "New Legacy and Living Icons", James Backus Gallery, MSAC, Baltimore 2007, "Prints and Drawings" C Grimaldis Gallery 2005, "Notions About Space" Desiree Snyder Gallery Sarasota FL 2005, "Drawings and Paintings" C. Grimaldis Gallery Baltimore 2004. "Carol Frost Works On Paper" C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore 2004, "Works On Paper 2003", Goya Girl Press, "Poetic Minimalism" 2003,DFA Gallery, Washington DC, "Radically Old/Radically New: Contemporary Naritive Painting",School 33, Baltimore,MD (2002); The Catholic University of America, Salve Regina Gallery, Washington DC (2001); Annual Juried Exhibition", School 33, Baltimore,MD (2000); 'Luminostiy of Space", Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore,MD (2000); Villa Julie College, Baltimore, MD (1999); Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD; Emerson Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA; Rockville Art Place, Rockville, MD (1998); Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD (1997); Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (1996); GRACE, Reston, VA (1994); OIA, NYC (1994) COLLECTIONS: University of Richmond Museums, Musee Chateau de Rochefort, Rochefort-en-terre, France, Ballard, Spahr, Anders & Ingersoll, Baltimore, MD; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD; Texaco Corporation, Louisiana, Numerous private collections.

Artist's Statement

What I love about abstraction is that it allows you to imagine.. It is a rich tapestry of possibilities. It is not a mystery. It is an act of discovery. My work reflects my experiences of things known and unknown. The shifting of light and shadows during the change of each season streaming in three large windows on the south side of my studio located in an old textile mill has strongly influenced my recent work. Light is at the core of who we are and how we understand ourselves. It distinguishes one thing from another. The figural form in my previous body of work has given way to this latent observation of light phenomenon. My range of color is increasing though still muted. My interest is in reducing color and imagery to the deepest, truest nature of painting and keeping its expressive power.