Carol Bass

Carol Bass's work is an explosion of color, in large-scale format. She is inspired by the natural forms around her and then interprets them into her own colorful world, creating work that celebrates shape and vibrancy. Sometimes primitive, sometimes more subtle, her work taps into something deep within the psyche; into the connections that we have with each other, and with the natural world.

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Study

1971 - University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia BFA, painting and sculpture/ Robert Nix, Frank Wachowiak, Lamar Dodd
1979 – 1982 University of Maine, Farmington, Maine/ Thomas Higgins
1983 – 1985 University of Southern Maine,Portland, Maine/George Burk
1992 Vermont Studio School/ Neil Welliver, Yvonne Jacquette
1995 – 1998 MECA, Portland Maine, Continuing Studies
2005 Santa Fe Workshop. Digital Workflow/Vincent Versace
2006 Santa Fe Workshop, Photography/Joyce Tennesen

Work

1971 Charleston, South Carolina, Public Schools, Art Teacher
1972-1974 Beaux Arts Gallery, owner, Northeast Harbor, Maine
1985-1995 Maine Cottage
2003 MECA, Continuing Studies Instructor, sculpture

Solo Exhibitions

2005 Running With Scissors Gallery, Portland, Maine
2004 Elements Gallery, Rockland, Maine
2003 Elements Gallery, Rockland, Maine
2002 Elements Gallery, Rockland, Maine
2001 Elements Gallery, Rockland, Maine
1995 June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, Maine
1994 Holderness School, Plymouth, NH
1989 Portland Public Library, Portland, Maine

Group Exhibitions

2009-2001 10 x 10 Show, Portland, Maine
2008 Black Frame Show, Portland, Maine
2008 Galeyrie Falmouth, Maine
2008 Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill. Maine
2007 Running With Scissors, Portland, Maine
2001 Greenhut Galleries, Portland, Maine
1995 Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture Show, Exeter, NH
1994 Fox Islands Gallery, Women Artists of Maine, N. Haven, ME
1994 Danforth Gallery, Maine Abstract Artists, Portland, Maine
1994 Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture Show, Exeter, NH
1989 Four Person Show, West End Gallery, Portland, Maine
1988 Maine Coast Artists, Contributor's Showcase, Rockport, ME
1985 UMF Art Gallery, Three Abstract Painters, Farmington, ME
1985 Maine Coast Artists, Juried Invitational, Rockport, Maine
1984 Maine Art Gallery, Juried Invitational, Wiscasset, Maine
1983 Mountain Arts, Juried Invitational, Kingfield, Maine

Publications Design Books

THE COTTAGE BOOK, Harry Abrams Publishing, New York
MAINE LIVING, Gibbs Smith Publishing, Layton, Utah
COLOR YOUR HOME, Gibbs Smith Publishing, Layton UT

Magazine Articles

MAINE HOME DESIGN, The Colorfully Creative Carol Bass,Jan/Feb 2009
COTTAGE LIVING, All About Color, 2005
DOWNEAST MAGAZINE, Bringing Maine's Bold Colors Inside, 2005
DOWNEAST MAGAZINE, Honest Maine Cottage Style
2ndHOME JOURNAL, The Cottage Book, 2004
MAINE TIMES, Magic of Maine, May 2003
PORT CITY LIFE, Color Her World, May 2001
COUNTRY LIVING, Movers and Shakers, May 2000
COUNTRY HOME, Tips from Designers, 1999
DOWNEAST MAGAINE, The Maine Cottage Look, 1995
METROPOLITAN HOME, Top Ten Designers, 1994
REDBOOK MAGAZINE, Style by the Sea, 1994

Workshops/Talks

2009 MADNESS in Painting, Spring 2009, Yarmouth, ME
COLOR, NATURE, & SENSUOUSNESS, RIVER ARTS. Damariscotta. ME
2008 HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS Symposia
2007 HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS Symposia
CREATING IN MAINE: Makers, Manufacturers, and Materials