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Carol McLaughlin Kortnik is a self-taught professional artist, working in watercolor, bronze, pencil, pastel, basketry, and various other mixed medias. She was born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and moved to Oregon with her family in 1973. She and her husband Mark Kortnik, began their successful careers as artists in 1986. They own and operate Aspen Grove Gallery in Joseph, Oregon, where they display their original paintings, limited edition prints, bronzes, and mixed media objects of art. Carol enjoys working with a variety of materials. Her art encompasses a wide range of subjects such as wild and domestic flowers, California quail, songbirds, landscapes, petroglyphs, and ancient art based on the Lascaux cave drawings done 17,000 years ago in France and Spain. Carol's popular cave paintings are created using lots of texture and aggressive watercolor brush strokes to capture the character of the cave walls. Her bronze sculptures are based on the Lascaux paintings and depict the ancient animals drawn on the cave walls which include horses, bison, and caribou. The bronzes are unique because they turn a two-dimensional drawing into a three-dimensional sculpture. Carol's artwork has been shown at Valley Bronze in Astoria and Cannon Beach, Oregon. In addition to her gallery representation, she travels to shows in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, and Montana. She was chosen to participate in the prestigious Leigh Yawkey Birds in Art Show and has had articles written about her in both "US ART" and "INFORM ART" featuring her as an artist specializing in painting petroglyph sites. She and her husband spent several years visiting, researching and photographing such sites to include them in their artwork. Carol will continue to develop her own artistic style in wonderful new ways that will always capture the attention of her many collectors and friends. Collectors who have Carol's art in their homes recognize her talent as they continue to enjoy her beautiful artwork in their daily lives. She is currently working on a new jewelry line of bronze "spirit" pendants. You can buy her artwork at the Aspen Grove Gallery in Joseph, Oregon or from a secure online ordering website: |
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Carol painting in her studio |
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