_ Award winning, still life and portrait painter

Carol Vogel is known for her realistic and expressive paintings.
Paintings that dance with energy, color, and form with a remembrance for the classical style of the old masters best describe my interest and painting style.  I especially enjoy painting portraits of people and pets and bringing their spirit to life on canvas.  A love of collecting vintage glass and ceramics inspire my still life paintings along with a passion for travel to international locations.  My still life paintings reflect a mood and feeling often with lush pattern backgrounds, vivid color, and unusual combination of supports and collectible items.

Humanitarianism combined with a love of people inspire my pastel, oil, and pencil portraits. There is a depth of beauty in every face that reflects an inner soul. Capturing the inner soul is an inborn ability for me that is reflected in my representational and expressive portrait paintings.

In 1994 I moved to the foothills of Rappahannock County, Virginia to pursue a lifelong dream of living in the ambient countryside.  A river meandered through the lower meadows of my property making it a perfect site to paint the scenic landscape and figure in the landscape. Partnering with The Art League School of Alexandria, Va. I set up and hosted art workshops. In addition I held weekly classes and portrait and still life painting workshops in my teaching studio.  A few years later I starting hosting international painting workshops. In 2002 I moved back to the Washington, D.C. area to expand my art career and event business.

My extensive travel all over Europe, the South Pacific, Canada, the Caribbean, South America, Africa, and Alaska has served to inspire my still life, portrait, and figurative work.

I work from my home studio located in Annapolis, Maryland.

EDUCATION
American University
Art League School of Alexandria, Va.
Schuler School of Fine Art

Maryland Micro-Credential for Creative Classrooms Recipient

TEACHING ORGANIZATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH

Carol Vogel Studio www.carolvogelstudio.com

Young Masters Art Center www.youngartmasters.com

Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD

Arts Barn of Gaithersburg, MD

Epworth Pre-School, Gaithersburg, MD

Art League of Alexandria, VA

Maryland State Department of Education

Maryland State Arts Council

Arts Council of Anne Arundel County

Women’s Club of Chevy Chase, MD

Salmagundi Arts Club – New York City, NY

GROUP JURIED SHOWS

2017  Shades of Pastel, Members Show, Maryland Pastel Society

2017  From Fur to Feathers, Schuler School of Art

2013 Member’s Winter Art Exhibition, Arts Club of Washington

2012  Member’s Winter Art Exhibition, Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C.
2011  Member’s Winter Art Exhibition, Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C.

2010  Member’s Winter Art Exhibition, Arts Club of Washington, Washington,

2009 Member’s Winter Art Exhibition, Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C.

2009 Members Summer Art Exhibition – Arts Club of Washington
2008 Members Summer Art Exhibition – Arts Club of Washington
2008 Member’s Winter Art Exhibition, Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C.

GROUP SHOWS

     2023 – Salmugundi Arts Club – Group Members Exibition

     2023 –  WCCC Annual Art Show, Chevy Chase Women’s Club, MD

2022 – Into the Garden – Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, MD

     2022 – Annual Art Show, Chevy Chase Women’s Club

2015, June – Kentlands Arts Barn, Gaithersburg, Md

     2012, June – Member’s Show – Arts Club of Washington, Wash., DC
2012, March – Flora & Fauna, Schuler School of Fine Art, Baltimore, MD
2011, December – Member’s Show, Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC
2011, June – Member’s Show, Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC
2010, September – Rehoboth Art League “Rhythm” Theme Show
2010, June – Rehoboth Art League 72nd Member’s Show
2010, June – Arts Club of Washington Member’s Show
2010, January – Featured Artist at Spilsbury Gallery, Washington, D.C,
2009 Sandy Spring Museum Portrait Show, Sandy Spring, Maryland – Maryland Society of Portrait Painters
2009 Winter Show at Spilsbury Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2009 Summer Show at Spilsbury Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2008 Quiet Waters Park Portrait Show, Annapolis, Md. – Maryland Society of Portrait Painters
2007 Small and Miniature, Bishop’s Stock Gallery, Snowhill, Maryland
2007 Schuler School of Fine Art, Baltimore, Maryland
2006 Schuler School of Fine Art, Baltimore, Maryland

AWARDS

    2023 – Second Place, pastel division, Portrait of Prince, Chevy Chase Women’s  Club Annual Art Show

    2023 – Honorable Mention, pastel division, Donuts on a French Box, Chevy Chase Women’s  Club Annual Art Show

    2022 – First Place, pastel division, Girl in Pink, Chevy Chase Women’s Club Annual Art Show

    2017 – Top 15% Boldbrush September, Art Competition for Daffodils in Spring

    2014 – Top 15% Boldbrush Art Competition for Angela Portrait

    2012 – Award of Excellence – Member’s Show – Arts Club of Washington
2012 Second Place, Flora & Fauna Show, Schuler School of Art, Balt., MD
2010 Thomas McFarland Skelly Award for a painting of exceptional merit – Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth, Delaware
2009 Award of Excellence Members Winter Art Exhibition – Arts Club of Washington
2008 Award of Excellence Members Summer Art Exhibition – Arts Club of Washington
2008 Award of Excellence Members Winter Art Exhibition – Arts Club of Washington
2007 Award of Excellence Members Winter Art Exhibition – Arts Club of Washington    1996 – First Place – Fauquier Artists’ Alliance

    1995 Equal Merit Award  – The Art League of Alexandria, VA

PUBLICATIONS
Featured in Best of America Oil Artists – 2009
Featured in Best of America Pastel Artists working in pastel, charcoal, and pencil – 2009

REPRESENTED BY:
Spilsbury Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Salmugundi Arts Club, New York, NY

Pastel Society of Maryland, Signature Member

Copyist – National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Portrait Society of America
Maryland Society of Portrait Painters, Juried Member
Arts Club of Washington
Schuler School of Fine Art
Art League of Germantown
Rehoboth Art League

Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County

Arts Council of Anne Arundel County

Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC)

Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)