Caroline Zimmermann • Curriculum Vitae
Education:
1984 Laguna Beach School of Art
1982 - 1989 California State University, Fullerton
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration
1992 - 1994 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
Master of Fine Arts, Painting
Whether its searching for powder, the perfect wave, or the perfect light to paint, Caroline's passion for travel has led her to all hemispheres of the earth. Her paintings in oils have carefully documented her desire to experience such varied environs as the South Pacific, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indonesia, as well as her native California and Mammoth Lakes.
In her richly painted compositions, shadows and vibrant colors create wonderful impressions that are certain to evoke memories among those familiar with these settings.
Caroline began painting in oils at the age of six, nurtured by creative parents and the artistically rich setting of Laguna beach. Her years of experience culminate in paintings produced by a labor-intensive technique that involves numerous coats of sizing onto linen and the application of many layers of alkyd-resin glazes. This results in the deeply transparent surfaces that contrast wonderfully with the creamy opaque areas of the work.
Caroline divides her time between Europe, and her two California studios: One, on the southern coast in Laguna Beach, the other, 8,000 feet up in the Sierra Mountains. A few months every year are spent traveling the world, gathering images and life experiences.
Caroline's permanent residence is in the Tuscany region of Italy, where she has been painting and living for over a decade now. She has been an exhibitor at the Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts in California for 19 years. Now as Laguna Beach and an Italian painter, the world is her canvas.