Carol Abbott, Artist     Acrylic, Oil, and Watercolor Paintings
Recent multi-media painting, 10 x 13" unframed "She paints happy," said Frank Farmer Loomis on his radio program KEEP ANTIQUING. Others have remarked “I think your art is joyful and I love it!” and “Your color sense and whimsy are wonderful.”    Artist Carol Abbott will capture the qualities that make a house a home, a favorite place to visit, or a place of cherished memories in a way no photograph ever could! Her paintings make great gifts for weddings, milestone birthdays, anniversaries, retirement, moving away, remodeling, building or buying homes. You may commission one yourself or present a gift certificate enabling its recipient to work directly with the artist.    See Carol at the Pendleton Art Center in Cincinnati, Ohio or contact her at: cabbott@cinci.rr.com      (513) 252-5685	Laurel Court, Cincinnati, limited edition prints still available COMMISSIONING A PAINTING: 1) Email or mail Carol photos or give her an address so she can take pictures herself. She will paint on site, if you prefer. Let her know your preferences for size, colors, etc. and make a $100 down-payment, via cash, check or credit card. 2) See digital photos of her progress for 4-6 weeks or more until your painting is finished. 3) Pay the balance due when the artist delivers the painting to you. She guarantees your satisfaction or will give you a refund. 4) You can have all kinds of gift items personalized with the image of your home portrait – Christmas ornaments, fridge magnets, calendars, greeting cards, coffee mugs, you name it! Start here to ...see other examples of Carol's paintings ...compare pricing ...request information or follow-up	This is the home my great-grandfather built in Sidney, Ohio Gift Certificates come beautifully wrapped, displaying the artist’s style and containing information enabling recipient to contact the artist directly about taking or providing photographs and painting the home portrait. People make different gift choices depending upon the occasion. Birthdays, followed by anniversaries, new babies, friendship/thank you, and weddings are the top five gifting occasions. Christmas, Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day are the most popular gift holidays. To shop for gifts personalized with the original artwork Carol Abbott has created for you... Start here
Visit the artist or see her at work: Final Friday Pendleton Art Center                     Jun 25                                                   Jul  30 Performance Lexus Kings Auto Mall                             Tue Aug 24 Hyde Park Square Art Show Edwards & Madison 10 to 5             Sun Oct 3 What other shows or events should Carol enter or participate in? Please email her your suggestions or put them in the comment forms on this Website!	18 x 24" acrylic painting The Pendleton Carol's studio is among a community of over 100 working artists at the Pendleton Art Center in Cincinnati. On the Final Friday of every month, it’s “open house” from 6-10 pm – a great time to come and enjoy complimentary food and drinks with hundreds of people visiting the working studios on 8 floors in the main building and in 3 other adjacent buildings. Valet parking is $ 4 and it is also open the next day (Saturday) for those who want a “second look.”	Furnish the artist with photos and she will do an original 9"x12" pencil drawing of your home or building for $50.   Should you wish to commission a painting of this same home or building, the full amount you paid for your drawing will be credited toward the price of the painting.   Email photos directly to the artist at cabbott@cinci.rr.com
2 x 3 ft. acrylic painting When visiting Newport on the Levee across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, see Carol's work at Art on the Levee, right near the movie theater box office. In addition to Carol's original paintings, Art on the Levee sells framable greeting cards and limited edition prints of her work, especially "Happy Cincinnati" scenes.	12 x 16" acrylic painting Rather than reproduce realistic or architectural renditions of her subjects, Carol is more interested in exploring the boundaries between recognizable places and abstraction. Much of what you see of a subject in her work wouldn't appear in photographs of the home.	Limited edition prints still available Although she also paints in oils and watercolor, Carol Abbott's preferred medium is acrylics. She typically begins a painting by choosing a color with which to cover the whole canvas. Then she works back and forth between lights and darks, exploiting the transparent nature of the paint, as well as its opacity.
16 x 20" acrylic painting $400 A recent client wrote, “Looks great. You made it look better than it really does.” Paintings can portray a house in ways photographs cannot. In a painting, we can trim, plant or remove trees and bushes, make it any season, or turn back the clock to an earlier point in time.	24 x 30" acrylic painting $600 In a painting, we can trim, plant or remove trees and bushes, make it any season, or turn back the clock to an earlier point in time. Some artists feel limited by painting subjects of others’ choosing, but I love to work on commissions, especially the collaborative aspects and the learning that comes from each new project.	18 x 24" oils or acrylics $500 Not only does the original painting of the home, building or scene make a wonderful gift. But prints can be made on canvas or fine watercolor paper that are suitable for framing in any size for other family members. Typically these limited edition prints cost between $50-$150 each, unframed.