CAROL SPIKER

Artist Statement
There is a reciprocity that comes from the physical act of painting that allows me to learn more about my ideas than I had previously understood. The process reinforces a need to have a personal/psychological connection with the figure. Color and the idea of a history (of the painting) are important in my process. Color decisions evolve and change hopefully empowering the picture surface.

Education
1992 University of Delaware. 
        Newark, Delaware. BFA

Solo Exhibitions
1999 Blue Streak Gallery. 
        Wilmington, Delaware.
1995 Blue Streak Gallery. 
        Wilmington, Delaware.
1994 Delaware State Arts Council. 
        Wilmington, Delaware.
1992 Delaware Theatre Company. 
        Wilmington, Delaware.

Group Exhibitions
2017 Carspecken-Scott Gallery, with Ann Blakely Barlow
        Wilmington, Delaware
2013 Delaware Art Museum, Creative Visions,
        Wilmington, Delaware
2012 Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation, 
        Paoli, Pennsylvania.
2011 Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation, 
        Paoli, Pennsylvania.
2010 ABC Communications, 
        Wilmington, Delaware. Invitational.
2010 Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation, 
        Paoli, Pennsylvania.
2010 Blue Streak Gallery. 
        Wilmington, Delaware. Invitational.
2009 Blue Streak Gallery. 
        Wilmington, Delaware. Invitational.
2007 Blue Streak Gallery. 
        Wilmington, Delaware. Invitational.
2005 Blue Streak Gallery. 
        Wilmington, Delaware. Invitational.
1996 Delaware Theatre Company. 
        Wilmington, Delaware. Invitational.
1994 Blue Streak Gallery. 
        Wilmington Delaware. Invitational.
1992 Grand Opera House. 
        Wilmington, Delaware. Invitational.

Awards
2012 Art Ability Committee Chairman's Award
        Jurors: Adelina Vlas, Gary Steuer, Alida Fish
2011 Art Ability Committee Chairman's Award
        Jurors: Teresa Jaynes, John Ollman, Ingrid
        Schaffner
1996 Delaware Center for Contemporary Art.
        Member's Juried Exhibition.
        Recognition Award. Jack Cowart, Juror.
1992 Arts and Humanities Award for Artistic Excellence.
        University of Delaware. Susan Issacs, Juror.

1 /13 Coffee to You, 30"x22", Oil on Canvas 2 /13 No Worries, 25"x22", Oil on Paper 3 /13 Everyday Sacred, 40"x33", Oil on Paper 4 /13 This Song Makes Me Sigh, 40"x33", Oil on Paper 5 /13 When Feathers Fall, 40"x33", Oil on Paper 6 /13 One Last Glass, 11 1/2"x16", Oil on Paper 7 /13 Please Don't Get Up, 11 1/2"x16", Oil on Paper 8 /13 Respite, 20"x25", Oil on Canvas 9 /13 The Dive, 20"x32", Oil on Paper 10 /13 Wait, 20"x33", Oil on Paper Wait, 20"x33", Oil on Paper 11 /13 Conservation, 32"x20", Oil on Pape 13 /13 Plant Music, 30"x24", Oil on Canvas ❮ ❯