About the Artist

Carol Wilson Mansfield is a native of Chicago, Illinois, who now enjoys living in San Diego, California. She has been drawing and painting since children’s art classes in Oak Park, Illinois, and adult work at The Art Institute of Chicago and Institute of Design at IIT. Her college degree from Denison University, Granville, Ohio, includes a major in Art with a minor in Mathematics. She taught for several years; then became a graphic artist, commercial photographer, and art director in the publishing industry.

Most of her paintings are acrylic on paper or canvas. The artwork is the result of a “discussion” between the artist and the painted image as it is developing. The discussion process results in intuitive color and texture tempered by rational, sometimes mathematical, composition and detail. Experimental work with mixed media and collage also appears, as inspiration demands. 

She is a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society, The San Diego Watercolor Society, and The Western Federation of Watercolor Societies.