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"... Beethoven's ability to compose profound music is seen as a testament to the triumph of the human spirit. His use of innovative techniques in harmony, rhythm, and orchestration, along with his emphasis on expression, has influenced countless composers." - National Repertory Orchestra,  

What’s So Special about Beethoven?

July 15, 2024

"My first book, Ode to Joy, was named after Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. I paint with similar burning passion and fire. Art is an obsession.

 "People discuss my art and pretend

to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary

to love". - Claude Monet

1. Carroll was baptized in Texas in 1986, and his life became Masterpiece of daily miracles.

"My watercolor is beside Picasso oils

in Fort Worth, Texas.

"I am like a child playing in the woodland stream beneath my doctor parent's home.

Pure joy. Pooling. Cascading. Flowing.

"I'm a freshwater scientist and former sprint cyclist. Then, I was a runner who competed on 70 to 95 sub-six miles weekly for decades.

I founded a boutique marketing firm.

Then, I became an avid hobby watercolorist.

"It was the Brazilian granddaughter of the co-founder of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo in 1895, who arranged my study with her friend Alcaraz. Helena was a gracious, thoughtful and keenly intelligent lady. She reached out across the ocean to ensure the training of this artist.

"My palette is crenulate Shekinah glory.

Like a priest of color,

I paint timeless hymns without lyrics,

baptizing paper in colorful hues.

"I paint LOVE, because love isn't soft, it's hard.

My fingers move with the passion of a prophet

and the patience of a saint who's in LOVE. I'm not here to coast- Life's like turn 21 on the

Jeddah Corniche Circuit. (حلبة كورنيش جدة).

"I sold my postage stamp collection to help prepare for painting studies in Spain.

Wall Street would've applauded my investment.

2. "Quarter horse-loving heiress Pamela K. Phillips paid my way to Madrid and Alcaraz with the promise I'd give her first pick of my paintings; Then, Jimmy Jack Whitaker, multi-Grammy winner, Hall of Fame musician, singer-songwriter, producer, produced by Gary S. Paxton, wrote four #1 hits worldwide, opened or performed with Willie Nelson and Charlie Daniels, introduced me to General Tommy Franks, and calls me his little brother; One of the world's first billionaires, multibillionaire and EDS founder Ross Perot called me to mentor me at 10AM.

Anita Priest stripped her office bare, repainted, exquisitely framed and displayed 45 of my watercolors, and invited her #1 client to a wine and cheese - With homes in the 3 top art cities worldwide ...

How did I never know this artist before?

Oeuvre: 750+ WATERCOLORS in 30 years

"I rinsed my brush in my crystal of Cab, used my toothbrush on some Botanical Garden works, sandpapered a dozen bespoke Holy Land pics, tore up stacks of my originals, sold my life-changing purple thistles drawing for $100 just

to get the obstacle out of my sight -

I gave 67 originals to non-profits (Parkland Hospital, Dallas Baptist Theological Seminary, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and the eight state Adoption Exchange), 21,000 open edition lithographs, 5,000 S/N lithographs, a collection of signed giclées (Parkland, Children's Dallas, Cook Children's Fort Worth, All Saints, Scottish Rite, ...) and 2,500+ Ode to Joy journals (A USN SEAL told me her dad saw one in Australia and the head of Perot Family security saw one on Mr. Perot's daughter Caroline's desk).

"I donated $2,500+ Ode to Joy journals to NFL Hall of Fame QB Dan Marino's autism foundation through the Miami Dolphins General Manager Jeff Ireland's wife, Rachel."

"His Serene Majesty the King of Spain Juan Carlos 1 sent me a letter 1-2 days after receiving a 1st Edition of my first journal, Ode to Joy (2013). His letter came with a courtesy translation and cover letter written by his Ambassador in Washington, D.C.

"Four-star General Tommy Franks (Ret),

former USCENTCOM Commander that oversaw a 25-country-region including the Middle East, penned the foreword to my 1st book, Ode to Joy, which he called a 'therapeutic journal.'

U.S. Representative Keith Self, LtCol, U.S.A. (Ret), 82nd Airborne, Ranger, Master Parachutist, West Point grad, former Collin County Judge helped me draft the Gen Franks proposal in his office. He'd been on Franks' staff at USCENTCOM. Ode to Joy shared a glass encased bookshelf with autographed biographies of "W," SECDEF Rumsfeld, PM Thatcher, Gens Powell, and Franks amidst Platinum albums and signed Hall of Famer's baseball bats at Gen Tommy Franks Leadership Institute and 4-star Leadership (HQ) program for high school valedictorians.

He said that Ode to Joy should be in the hands of every active duty, Veteran and their families

worldwide. Could you imagine? Worldwide. The General gave me a personal introduction to the President of the United States, his boss.

"Kitsy Westmoreland had her NY attorney son take her picture with me at a small private dinner aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, attended by 40 Medal of Honors and two

Knight of Malta Commanders who reported to the Pope. I was invited to join a priory with Presidents Reagan, Carter, Gorbachev, and South American presidents. I declined. Arrangements were made by Westy's ADC;

I went as the guest of a Knight of Malta oil company president. Then, the dean of neurosurgery, a Knight of Columbus, hosted a private lunch for me in his office.

"One mentor, 'Rooster,' a Brewer's sinker-slider pitcher laughing said, 'I threw one too many pitches to Barry Bonds'. I played Varsity tennis --- I had tennis lessons since I was knee high to a racquet, ... raced bikes on the banked track and qualified as Alternate to Nationals --- my first year. He gave me personal introductions to top people at University of Maryland, Oregon and 

a Deputy Secretary in the U.S. government."

"Again, again, again, ..."

- Coach Herb Brooks, Olympic Ice Hockey Team, Gold Medal Winners in 1980, Miracle

(Played by Kurt Russell, 2004 film)