about

Carly (she | her) is a maker, creator, and artist who centers playfulness, harmony, and connectedness through her exploration of light and color, vibrant mark making, and reflections of the human experience. Her inspiration comes from engaging with the world as life unfolds around her, exploring non-duality and the way accepting our insignificance creates space for us to be significant, and nature’s ability to reveal resilient, regenerative systems—frameworks we can attune to, learn from, and become part of.  Carly's influences stem from folk art, impressionism, feminist & queer rhetoric, and artists like Baya Mahieddine, John Singer-Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla, Thomas Blackshear, and Carol Grigg to name a few. 

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When not actively painting, she has a thirst for learning obscure history, appreciating exquisite tile work, collecting shiny things, reading, playing outside with her friends, and watching the trees sway. Carly earned her BFA in Digital Media and Design from the University of Connecticut in 2020. She works from anywhere her feet are, but currently calls central Connecticut home.