About Carla's Work
Carla is an award winning painter, hands on illustrator, and teacher. She has received artist residencies from the Hambidge Center in Rabun Gap, GA; Altos de Chavon in the Dominican Republic and Kalani Honua in Hawaii. As an artist in residence she presented her work to these communities by giving talks, demonstrations and exhibitions.
Carla’s paintings have been shown widely throughout the United States. An image of her painting “Moonflowers III” was licensed by Icon shoes for their Spring 2012 collection. Dos Puentes Vineyard in Mendoza Argentina commissioned her to create a painting for the labels for three of their wines. The Harbor Beach Fort Lauderdale Marriott commissioned her to paint an 8 foot tall Adirondack chair with a mermaid theme. She was a chosen artist for “Keys to the Cities” for which she painted a piano that spent 2 weeks in a public place in Palm Beach County and was then donated to a charity venue.
As an illustrator Carla works in gouache. She has illustrated nineteen picture books, twelve of which she wrote. Her other illustration work includes greeting cards, book covers, fine art illustration stock images for Artville/Getty Images and Imagezoo, educational and medical projects for children and magazine work. She has received awards for her children’s books from the New York Times, Parent’s Choice, The American Folklore Society and PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association as well as others.
Carla has taught fine art and illustration courses at Maryland College of Art and Design and the Maryland Institute College of Art. She currently lives in Florida where she has taught acrylic painting to adults at Old School Square in Delray Beach and the Art School of the Boca Museum of Art. She is now teaching independently through Zoom. Carla has been an artist for five Animals on Parade Public Art Projects including Washington DC’s Party Animals and Pandamania, Ocean City Maryland’s OC Beach Birds, Prince George’s County, Maryland’s Birds-I-View and Palm Beach County’s Wild Things. Her paintings reflect her life, her travels and her imagination. She exhibits her paintings at Cove Gallery, Wellfleet, Ma, Kolbo, Brookline, Ma, and with the Palm Beach Watercolor Society.
Carla Golembe is available for demonstrations, exhibitions, or giving talks to inspire people of all ages and upcoming artists everywhere. If you would like to find out more about her artwork or services, please don’t hesitate to contact her through her email address at carlagolembe@gmail.com