Carol Misner
The Art League of Highlands-Cashiers’ May meeting will be held on The Bascom terrace Monday, May 18. A wine reception begins at 4:30 P.M., with the meeting following at 5:00 P.M. This month’s guest speaker will be Carol Misner, botanical artist and full time resident of Highlands since 2014.
Misner, a former math professor, began her professional art career more than two decades ago in Birmingham, Alabama. A friend/interior designer recognized the quality of her work and encouraged her to sell her work instead of giving it away.
She took his advice, and his interior design company became her first venue for the display of her works. Her popularity grew quickly, and she began receiving recognition beyond Alabama. While attending the Atlanta Market, she took her portfolio to Wendover Art Group and was immediately added to their stable of artists. Wendover highlighted Carol’s work a few months later at the High Point Market.
Ms. Misner has been a recurring featured artist for a number of auctions for major charities in the Southeast. Additionally, she received the high honor of being chosen by Birmingham Aids Outreach, which selects only one artist per year, to be the featured artist at its annual Arty Party fundraiser a few years ago.
Carol has a unique technique, working in monochromatic acrylic washes, applying several layers of paint, each as the previous layer dries. Those familiar with her paintings immediately recognize her distinctive style. Since moving to Highlands in 2014, she has produced many works of local flora. Blackberry Farm, a luxury hotel and resort in Walland, Tennessee, commissioned over two dozen of her paintings in which Appalachian mountain plants are dominant.
She says of her recent work, “My paintings depict the things that people really love about these mountains we know and love. My renderings bring the outside in.”
Misner’s original works and limited-edition giclee reproductions grace homes and businesses around the world, where Carol has sold well in excess of a thousand paintings. She has been amazed to see her works in sets on national television shows! Carol’s work can be purchased directly from her, as well as locally at Acorns at Old Edwards Inn. Her website is carolmisnerstudio.com. Please feel free to contact Carol at c_misner@yahoo.com and/or at (205) 516-7961.
Her informative presentation at The Bascom on Monday, May 18, as well as the wine reception which begins at 4:30 are free and the public is invited. For more information about the Art League, visit artleaguehighlands-cashiers.com.
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