Carol Anna Meese has traveled, lived, studied and worked in Mexico, Italy, The West Indies, Nepal and Bangladesh. Her paintings and photographs have progressed through many exhibitions and competitions throughout the United States and abroad. In 1990, she exhibited at The Studio Arts Center International, Florence, Italy. In 1993, she had duo exhibitions at L’Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, Bangladesh and at The Third Eye, Katmandu, Nepal. For the 1994 season, her art was the program cover for The Richmond Symphony. In 1998 Meese was awarded “Best in Show” at The Montpelier Center for the Arts, Virginia. She has won numerous awards for her mixed media paintings of photography and oil paint on canvas. Carols work has been described as Oriental flavored, pre-Raphaelite gone modern, cosmopolitan, sensual, and a fruity drink.
Her art is currently included in the collections of L’Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, The University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dartmouth College, a Norwegian film producer, and Michael Ondaatje, Author of The English Patient.
Carol is a resident of Chesterfield, Virginia, and The Outer Banks, North Carolina. A retired school psychologist in Richmond Public Schools, she holds a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology and has postgraduate training in fine art, creative writing, and art therapy at Virginia Commonwealth University, The George Washington University, and The Studio Arts Center International, Florence, Italy. She maintains a studio/gallery in the recently restored Nathaniel Friend House, Petersburg, Virginia
Artist Statement:
“I have long been fascinated by the power of gesture, scene setting, and obsessions.”
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