Carol DeBolt
Eikenbery was born in Rockford, Ohio and now lives in Virginia Beach,
Virginia. She is a graduate of Fairborn High School and the University of
Michigan School of Art and Design. In 2002 she was selected as a
signature member of the
American Watercolor Society and the
National
Watercolor Society in 2002. She is also a member of the
Virginia
Watercolor Society, the
Baltimore Watercolor Society, the
Potomac Valley
Watercolorists and the
Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists.
In 1999 she was
awarded the Silver Medal of Honor at the American Watercolor Society’s
International Exhibition. In 2000 she won the Gold Medal in the Baltimore
Watercolor Society’s Mid-Atlantic Exhibition. In 2002 she received the
Merwin Altfield Award for non-representational painting in the National
Watercolor Society’s Annual Exhibit. Since 2002 she has received four
major donor awards in the Virginia Watercolor Society’s annual juried
exhibitions and in 2006 she was awarded Best-in-Show.
She works
intuitively in acrylic and watercolor in both representative and
non-objective styles, freely and experimentally interpreting her feelings
until a piece expresses what she wants.
Much of her work, including several
national and regional prizewinners are mixed media and abstract creations. She
also does impressionistic watercolors and more realistic land and seascapes
based on photographs taken on trips to Europe and the Caribbean.
She has had articles published in
American Artist and International Artist magazines. Her work has been
purchased for many private and corporate collections including IBM. Canon
Corporation, Tower and Perrin, Inc. and Sentara Virginia Beach General
Hospital. Her work may be seen at the
Artist’s Gallery and the Shore
Gallery and Design in Virginia Beach.