Carol Otten
Carol J. Otten
Alpharetta, Ga
Carol Otten grew up in a small north Florida town beside the broad expanse of
the St. John's River. An environment filled with moss-draped oaks, lush hammocks,
and an abundance of wild life was the perfect backdrop for poetry and painting.
As a career homemaker, Carol dabbled in both, but it wasn't until her children
were grown that she began to put those beautiful images of her youth into prose.
After publishing eight books in Women’s Fiction (under the pen names Carol Card
Otten, C.J. Card and Tena Carlyle, the last with a writing partner), she grew
tired of writing and was drawn again to the visual arts.
In 2005, Carol returned to painting, honing rusty skills she had not used in
more than twenty years. Throughout the seventies, Carol had studied oil painting
under teacher Ella Ludwig, who had learned how to paint from Helen Van Wyk, star
of PBS-TV series “Welcome to My Studio” and author of numerous art books. Carol
contributes everything she knows about color today to both of these ladies and
applies their techniques to her own paintings.
Carol enjoys all manner of subjects from stills to landscapes, painting in her
studio from her own photographs. To Carol - there is nothing as exciting as placing
that first stroke on a blank canvas, or that last fulfilling stroke when your
creation is ready to hang upon someone’s wall.
Through the years, Carol studied painting under the following successful artists: Dottie Green – Teacher and professional watercolorist; Tan Gillespie – Professional watercolorist; Jim Dodd – Member of Oil Painters of America; and Sherry Martin – Teacher & Professional Painter in all Mediums
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