Carol Meetze-Moates

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Since retirement I have devoted full time to painting and teaching. I teach a watercolor class and a calligraphy class each week at Winter Light Gallery in Greensboro, a coop gallery where I share studio space with 13 artists (click here for class descriptions).

Painting is my passion, and I paint for the process. To me, the medium is mysterious and exciting, and creating art is about the basic need to experiment with the process. I love making art and watching colors mingle and glow. My paintings are not always representational, but rather expressions of the subject or scene. Taking liberties with color and choosing interesting subject and shapes are the methods I use in striving to capture the feeling for subject, rather than a description. My work is primarily in watercolor but I have a great love for oils as well.    

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Greensboro College, course work

Kings Business College

Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC), Commercial Art

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2-year special Calligraphic Art studies

Portrait, Watercolor, Calligraphy, Oil workshops with nationally and internationally-known instructors

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Visual Art Director with City Arts, City of Greensboro Cultural Center. Retired in 1999 after 30 years of service.

 EXHIBITIONS/COMPETITIONS 

• 2009 International Watermedia XVI Pikes Peak Watercolor Society, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Merchandise Award

• 2009 Aqueous Open, 63rd Exhibition

• 2006 Aqueous Open, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 60th Annual International Exhibition

• 2006 The American Landscape, National Juried Competition

• 2006 The Graceful Envelope Contest (Washington DC Calligraphy Guild), Honorable Mention

• 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 Watercolor Society of North Carolina Juried Exhibition 

• 2004, 2005 and 2006 Associated Artist of Winston Salem, Honorable Mention

• 2005 Greensboro Visions Competition, Honorable Mention

• 2004 Greensboro Visions Competition, First Place

• 2002 Associated Artist of Winston Salem, Dimensions Purchase Award   

BOARDS/ASSOCIATIONS

Greensboro Artist League, 1996-98

Greensboro Library Arts Commission, present

Watercolor Society of North Carolina (Signature Member), Board Member 2007-2009

Watercolor Society of North Carolina

The Southern Watercolor Society

The Associated Artists of Winston Salem

The Carolina Lettering Arts Society