Residing in Pittsburgh since early 1980′s, I was born and raised in Vermont (Lake Champlain Islands and Stowe). I attended California College of the Arts BFA, Instituto Allende, Boston Architectural Center, Carlow University and Truro Center for the Arts. For over 20 years I practiced commercial and corporate interior design, working in architectural firms in Vermont, Boston and Pittsburgh. Drawing, painting and photography are and have been a constant practice before, during and after art school in the Bay Area and throughout my professional career. My work available either as original art (or as prints in some cases) and as greeting cards can be purchased directly from me via this website and can be seen and purchased at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, University of Pittsburgh Book Center , Wildcard and the Andy Warhol Museum Shop.
Board member and Chair of Publicity: Pittsburgh Society of Artists
Recent shows:
Arbor Aid 2012, Saturday November 10th, 2012. Arbor Aid is Tree Pittsburgh’s annual fundraiser: an event that features artwork created from salvaged and reclaimed wood. at The Wheel Mill 6815 Hamilton Avenue :: Corner of Hamilton & Dallas. See my You Tube of my piece created from found wood here
Pittsburgh Society of Artists 2012 Annual at Fein Art Gallery, 519 East Ohio Street, located on Pittsburgh’s Northside. October 5, 2012 to November 2, 2012. Hours: Mon – Fri 9:30 – 5 :00 & Sat 10-4 (Bernie’s, next door, will open gallery per request)
Tone it UP! Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 4919 Penn Avenue 6300 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA. May 11-July 22 2012. Group exhibition. Pittsburgh Society of Artists invited its members and members of other local art guilds to “pump up the volume” about something they were passionate about, whether political, environmental, cultural, etc.
Modern Formations Gallery 4919 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh. Exhibit ran to January 14th, 2012 .This is different: you are the juror. Voting will take place throughout the duration of the exhibit!
- Governor Corbett’s Southwest Pennsylvania office in Pittsburgh I was invited to have two pieces (Homage to Rachel Carson and Homage to August
Wilson) displayed for 2 months December 2011 and January 2012 - Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Artists
The Irma Freeman Center for Imagination 5006 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 October 7th- November 4th, 2011. A gorgeous full color catalogue is available here through the gallery. - Arbor Aid 2011: Art Created from Salvaged Wood
6th Floor, Guardian Storage Solutions in the Strip District 2839 Liberty Ave Pittsburgh, PA Friday, October 28 at 7:00pm – October 29 at 12:00am
Recent Awards
2010 Borelli Edwards Gallery “Small Works” exhibit, sponsored by Pittsburgh Society of Artists, juried by Joy Borelli — Honorable Mention for Homage to August Wilson. Carol recently donated a framed copy of the poster version of Homage to August Wilson piece to the new East Liberty Carnegie Library.
2010 Fein Arts Gallery “Urban Dreams” exhibit, sponsored by Pittsburgh Society of Artists, juried by Kathleen Zimbicki — Jurors Award for “Fake Urban Plan for East Liberty”
Publications & Articles
Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Artists! An Exhibition at Irma Freeman Center for the Imagination, catalogue author /curator Sheila Ali, 2011, published by the IF Center. IF gallery created a high quality catalogue of the exhibit. $35 and available through sheiladianeali@gmail.com. Bill O’Driscoll wrote a few words about the catalogue (I get a shout out yeah!) See last paragraph of his roundup.
Three Rivers Arts Festival 2011 blogs about my art project with kids, using my silly ink drawing of Dollar Bank’s historic building at Fourth Ave and Smithfield. Photography and blog by Renee Rosensteel
Pittsburgh Post Gazette writer Diana Nelson Jone’s blogs about my work, Nov 26, 2010
“Interview with an Artist” (Carol Skinger) by Rachel Adair, Shady Ave magazine, Winter 2010.
“Pittsburgh Society of Artists exhibit gives smaller works a platform,” by Kurt Shaw, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 21, 2010.
“Five Questions to a Member,” by Charlena “Pudge” Cunningham, Pittsburgh Society of Artists Newsletter, Summer 2010.
“A Lesson in Architecture” by Tracy Certo, AIA Columns, scroll to pages 10-12, Vol 20 No 7, September 2006.
“Students add some vivid art to Allentown business district’s architecture,” by Diana Nelson Jones, associated multi-media slide show by Annie O’ Neill and Diana Nelson Jones, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 18, 2006.
Subjects: landscape, bicycling, camping, structures, house portraits, ink series on Pittsburgh, Ocean and Water’s Edge, Fake Urban Plan for East Liberty, Animal Kingdom
Prints: Schenley Park Vintage Map, Poster series “Homage to Famous Pittsburghers”: consisting of Homage to August Wilson, Homage to Rachel Carson
Greeting cards of my art and photography