Carol Lopez

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  AFTER PATRICIA 16X20

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  CARPET MARKET 16X20

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  FIN DE SEMANA 16X20

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  PRIMAVERA 36X28

Biography

Carol Lopez is a Canadian painter based in Vancouver, B.C. and La Manzanilla, Mexico. She was born in Saskatchewan and has lived in other parts of Canada and in the West Indies. She has also traveled extensively, and these experiences are reflected in the wide range of her oil and acrylic paintings. Carol’s love of travel and adventure have led her to positions as the artist-in-residence at Kalani Honua, an arts center in Hawaii, and on the Universe Explorer, a “floating university” cruise ship. During these years, Carol was also working as a part time teacher. She has had many years experience teaching painting in public schools and continuing education programs. In the last three years, she has taught painting workshops and classes in La Manzanilla, Mexico. Carol’s passion for self-expression is evident in her still life, landscape and abstract paintings and collages. Carol’s artwork has been exhibited in public and private galleries, and is in collections across Canada, the USA, Mexico, and Europe.

“Though I love to paint the landscape, in what has been called an ‘abstract impressionist’ style, these days I am intrigued by what I see on the little streets in La Manzanilla, with its simple buildings of weathered color and texture, and sometimes the contrast of a bright plastic pail or tarp. Other themes are the patterns of a group of beach umbrellas, or a kiosk of bright colored fabrics on display at the Friday market.

The abstract elements of these snapshots, represented simply and directly, are what attract the viewer even before they can identify the subject matter of my paintings.”