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Carol Abbott

Happy Place Portraits

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Carol Abbott is known for painting architectural subjects in vibrant colors. She has a Happy Cincinnati series of local landmarks as well as Happy Place Portraits of subjects around the world.

Carol began creating artwork as soon as she was old enough to hold a crayon and started painting in oils with the Findlay (Ohio) Art League at age ten. You can see the first home portrait she painted at that age in her studio! She earned her degree in Fine Arts from Indiana University in Bloomington and then spent years selling and marketing graphic arts technology for the printing industry.