About the Artist

Carol Ettenger is a contemporary Colorado artist who works in an abstract style. Her work is full of rich color, textures and collaged items whose source is natural and spiritual influences. Carol’s figurative images are mystical in nature, exploring the possibility of light beings and guides in another dimension who call us to a place of healing and unconditional love.

Carol has exhibited her art in many local, regional and national shows since 1984, both on the east coast and since moving to Colorado in 1997. She has had eight solo shows and won several awards. She was one of twelve artists whose work has been selected twice from the Colorado Springs Conservatory’s “Infusion 2002” and “Infusion 2006” shows to be reproduced in the Conservatory’s 2003 and 2006 calendars. In 2002 she had a collage chosen to hang in the “Parade of Homes” model home tour. She has won a Meritorious Award twice in the Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, as well as an Honorable Mention. In 2003 she won the Special Recognition Award in the Gateway National Art Show in Farmington, NM., and an Honorable Mention in the Colorado Springs Art Guild show “Spontaneity”. In 2003 she was invited to exhibit in the Biennale Internazionale dell’arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy.

She is a member of the Business of Art Center in Manitou Springs, Co; the Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, the International Society of Experimental Artists and Cottonwood Artists School, Gallery & Studios.

Carol works primarily in encaustic painting and mixed media/collage. She maintains a studio at the Cottonwood Artists School, Gallery & Studios; 25 Cimino Drive, Colorado Springs, CO.