WATERCOLORS by The ARTIST Carroll™
◆ "You love my art, or you don't". ◆ For those trailblazers who love watercolor, horses and making art available to the underserved.
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Born in 1951 at CHOP where his mom taught Pediatrics. His dad was a famous dermatologist seeing MLB, NBA superstars, other doctors, ...
Carroll F. Burgoon, III
"I drew meticulously as an autodidactic 4½ y/o on Rebel Hill in Conshohocken, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
I collected insects and postage stamps, had
a compound microscope, camera and grew up watching Cow Town Rodeo. I barely got out of college (Bio) but was a Principal Investigator at The Academy of Natural Sciences (1812, pre-dating the Smithsonian and The Franklin Institute) and ran past Boathouse Row (1860) on the 8-mile River Drive loop. I saw 'Rocky' being filmed on the Museum of Art steps. I love Philly cheese steaks and hoagies on hearth-baked Amaroso rolls. I love a downpour on a metal roof, snow by the cubic foot and Pacific salmon, red raspberries, blueberries and oat milk.
I was named in honor of our Carroll County next - door neighbor, a signer of the Declaration of Independence (1776). We sailed into Maryland on the Lydia (1740) from Burgundy, France -
A son enlisted under Gen. George Washington.
"In 1984, 'On a Lark' at age 43 y/o, I took up watercolor painting in Cowboy Country, our Eagles' chief rival Dallas, America's Team."
"Fort Worth is where the West begins and Dallas is where the East peters out."
- Will Rogers
"I didn't go to art school. We dined at a nice restaurant on Cedar Springs in Dallas. I showed Alcaraz my finished Purple Thistles. 'Come to Spain and I'll teach you to do what I do.' I sat in seat 22A next to a lovely gal from Highland Park Village on a flight to Madrid, neat Scotch in hand - Elegant Highland Park was first owned by Philadelphia land investors in 1889.
"My cell phone, water and electricity were shut off. I slept in my car, on people's sofas, and a homeless shelter. I was a starving artist.
It took me 25 years to conquer my past.
"I trust the flow and keep Him 1st.
Ergo, I am not nuts like Vincent van Gogh, my favorite artist. Vincent Van Gogh Visits the Gallery | Vincent and the Doctor | Doctor Who (Genius can coexist with sanity.)
I'm here because of UDT-14 (USN SEALs)".
"A DFW businessman told me,
'This [Carroll] will hang between my 2 Picassos and a Chagall on my cattle ranch.' "
"Purple Thistles, my last Prismacolor drawing brought me an invitation by Alcaraz to learn to do what he did (Sold for $100), 1994".
Watercolor #1, Spain 1994: The Blue Pocketknife, signed twice in frustration and misdated on Day #1 with D. Fco. Alcaraz
Perfectly Loved. The last of the 38 paintings made under D. Fco. Alcaraz in the gold-leafed frame carved by Alcaraz in Spain 1994. Alcaraz loved it.
Atelier 2010 demo: Following the Cloud. A real cowboy working cattle on his Oklahoma Quarter horse. Winsor & Newton British watercolors.
Untitled. (2019) Carroll made this watercolor then returned to his childhood love of field photography and studies of leadership.
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