Carol Acquilano
Carol Acquilano
Carol completed her formal Art education at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, with a semester abroad in Cortona, Italy. Since then Carol has explored many places in Europe, filling her handmade sketchbooks and with painting rig in tow. From her home base in Rochester, NY she operates a private studio, a place to carve, print, paint and make books. Of her numerous workshops and residencies, favorites include Pilchuck Glass Center, Woman’s Studio Workshop, and Center for Book Arts in New York City.
Making a reduction woodcut is the kind of activity that is both unpredictable and confounding. I approach this work without much of a plan which forces a reliance on chance, trust and faith.
Chance: a roll of the dice
Trust: that I have the skill
Faith: in myself that everything will be okay
My creative process is an act of self-actualization. Dipping into an act of abandon reveals things below the surface that mirror deep thoughts and things experienced. I enjoy the ride.
“Man and Plant” or humanity vs. nature (with a whole lot of embedded static) seems to reflect the crisis of overpopulation and pollution, one of the many frightening themes of our current day.
