Nostalgic Folk Art Wicked and Sweet gallery release

Bowersock Gallery has a really nice write up regarding my first solo show with them.
Thank You so much Steve and Mike!!!!!


Reception: April 13th, 6 to 8 pm - at our Mount Dora location.

Carol’s pieces are whimsical, and dare I say sweet, if sometimes on the slightly edgy and impish side. Her little people are about joy, fun, and nostalgia; but so much more. Spend just a little time looking and you’ll find lives in these little people - mischief, silliness, hints of stories and undercurrents.

Roll, is an Ormond Beach, Florida, resident. Her work has appeared in numerous national magazines, including “Folk Magazine,” “Southern Folk Art” and numerous times in “Prims Magazine".
In a world with so many slick straight-off-the-assembly-line figures Rolls are a stand out. The small mache figures evoke nostalgia through gesture, color and finish. Each is individually made, and clearly bear the marks of the hands that formed it.

Roll either sculpts figures from mache, or creates sculpted and found-objects, mixed medium works. Everything is fodder for expression: vintage TV parts, game pieces, jewelry, doll items, baby blocks and bottle caps.

Every one of Carol’s creations is a true character, not just another mannequin dressed in period attire.

The latest lot of work offers a mix of her worlds, including a heavy smattering of people and creatures of the carnival. There’s a wide-eyed girl with a bunny on a stick, a bear atop a ball, and polka dot elephants making merry.

Roll’s exhibit is in conjunction with the Mount Dora’s historical area, Art Stroll. Roll will talk about her little people; maybe share a few of their secrets at the opening reception, April 13, between 6 and 8 p.m.

Not only are the figures delightful, but the artist is charming as well Meeting her is as much a treat as coming across one of her figures.