ABSTRACT (ABSTRAKT, RESUMO)

"My world known doctor dad demanded disciplined excellence and expected immediate virtuosity. His trophy PBK wife, my mother, taught Pediatrics at CHOP, University of Pennsylvania,

was Dr. Nelson's 1st editor of Nelson's North American Pediatrics, etc. etc.

Weekdays she drove me to the Junior Curators Club at The Academy of Natural Science of Drexel (Originally

ANSP, 'of Philadelphia,' est. 1812);

I'd just turned 5 years old

and was a budding young scientist.

We lived at the bottom of Rebel Hill before we moved to Chester Springs.

I am chagrined to learn on WHYY that ANSP is closing September 27, 2026

and that PAFA is dropping classes! I have so many memories as a 5 y/o, teen and as an ANSP staff member - I can't imagine Philly without the Academy.

It's a landmark in American history.

ANSP was the seedbed of my art.

How can we turn this around?

What can I do?

"My sister's death began my quest when I was 4 y/o. That's when I began drawing with Crayola's, pen and ink in grad school, then aquarelles (WC).

I waltz on the corpus collosum.

"By 2013 I'd donated $21(m) in kind to Parkland Memorial, Baylor Hospital, Dallas Children's, Cook Children's, ... Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, American Heart Assn., etc., etc.

Now, I need cash, not my art.

"A global business owner apprised me,

'This [Carroll] will hang between my 2 Picassos and a Chagall on my ranch.'  You should have watched him giddily bidding against himself, as if it was Leonardo da Vinci's $350+ million Salvator Mundi

bought by a Saudi Crown Prince in 2017.

"My favorite artist: Vincent van Gogh, (Vincent and Doctor Who).

"A Brazilian heiress, granddaughter of José Agostinho Pereira da Cunha co-founder of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (CRF) whose life-sized statue adorns the entrance of the clubhouse, arranged my studies with famous Spaniard

Don Francisco Alcaraz, a painter/carver for European kings and queens, old money, superstar actors, HoF athletes".

 IMAGINE personal notecards!

The Artist Carroll™

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