Franklin Park Library Art Display
November/December 2004
Carrie says: "From the day I picked up my first crayon, I found happiness in exploring with art. Although my artwork has changed much over the years, one thing remains the same: My artwork serves the purpose of telling a story through pictures. In more recent years, the subject of my work has changed quite dramatically. It has gone from illustrating fictional stories, to revealing the deeper feelings I experience in day-to-day life. Truly, it has become a diary without words.

The medium I most frequently work with is ink. I prefer the dark contrasting lines on white paper, along with the permanence of ink, to pencil. Ink pens are also easily available to use a moment's inspiration. As a result, much of my strongest personal work has been sketched in pen. It is only later that a few of my sketches have made the leap into color with acrylic paints.

Finally, I would like to say one last thing to sum up my artwork. While I invite everyone to have their own experience while viewing the pieces, I would also like to leave a few clues to what I feel the work says. Symbolism is quite common in many of my sketches. In these particular cases, the leopard is used to express love, and the turtle represents my animal children. I hope you enjoy the stories my artwork has to tell."