Artist Carole Carberry was born in Montana into a family where grandparents, siblings and cous- ins all shared a natural artistic ability and a love for drawing. Specialized courses in fine-art pencil and dry-brush egg-tem- pera methods honed Carberry’s drawing skills and initiated a life- long adventure with watercolor. Her watercolors have been included twice in the presti- gious Traveling Show of the South Carolina Watermedia Society, where she is a Member in Excellence. Carberry’s acrylic on canvas, Siesta Splendor, was included in the Society’s Annual SCWS Show in 2014. Long-necked birds—egrets,
herons and swans—are her favorite subject matter. “It is the graceful arch of a swan’s neck, the colorful beaks of herons and the ethereal quality of feathers that I find beautiful and attempt to share in my work,” she says. Dividing each year between South Carolina and Montana, Carberry is in her fourth term as president of the Sumter Artists Guild and is co-chairman for two summer art festivals in Polson, Mont. Carberry’s work can be seen in Courtyard Gallery in downtown Charleston.
