Personal Carol Putman began painting alongside her father while he attended art school in Los Angeles, CA. Joe Putman studied at Woodbury College and the Bisttram School of Fine Arts taking classes with Bene Duer, Mrs. Georgia Richards, and Emil Bisttram [see also http://www.emil-bisttram.com ], studying privately with Bisttram during his second year at the School. ■ A Northern California native, Carol lived at Ft. McDowell on Angel Island in Marin County, CA, and grew up in the rural outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area ■ She received arts education at Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA, California State University, Sacramento, CA, and California State University, Hayward, CA. During her studies at California State University, Sacramento, CA, Carol was introduced to "en plein air" [in the open air] and she continues to paint and draw in this manner today. ■ Carol has exhibited in juried shows in Northern California at Ironstone Vineyards, Los Gatos Art Museum, Santa Cruz Art League, Bedford Gallery, and Walnut Creek Civic Arts among others. She has participated in a number of Valona Paint Outs hosted by Epperson Gallery in Valona, CA, the Walnut Creek Centennial Paintout hosted by Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, the Walnut Creek Turns 100: The City Through Art exhibit at Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, and the Port Costa Art Show in Port Costa, CA ■ Carol is a member of the California Art Club, and Valley Art Gallery in Walnut Creek, CA. Education Studied locally with Robert Chapla, MaryLou Correia, George Holmes, Mark Jezierny, and Gabriel Navar. Selected Exhibitions 2017 Valley Art Gallery 1661 Botelho Drive, Ste. 110, Walnut Creek, CA 2016 Valley Art Gallery Walnut Creek, CA 2016 Water Works, January 12 - February 13, Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 2014 Port Costa Art Show, Port Costa School, Port Costa, CA 2014 Walnut Creek Turns 100: The City Through Art, September 21 – November 16, 2014, Bedford Gallery Walnut Creek, CA 2014 Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 2013 Valley Art Gallery Walnut Creek, CA 2012 Port Costa Art Show, Port Costa School, Port Costa, CA 2012 Valley Art Gallery Walnut Creek, CA 2011 Valley Art Gallery Shows Off In Orinda, Valley Art Gallery at the Orinda Library, Orinda, CA 2011 Valley Art Gallery Walnut Creek, CA 2010 Valona Paint Out, Epperson Gallery, Valona, CA 2010 Port Costa Art Show, Port Costa School, Port Costa, CA 2010 Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 2010 Creekside Artists, Clayton Library, Clayton, CA 2009 Valona Paint Out, Epperson Gallery, Valona, CA 2009 Valley Art Gallery , Walnut Creek, CA 2009 Creekside Artists, Clayton Library, Clayton, CA 2008 Studio 41, 700 First St., Benicia, CA 2008 Crockett Library, Crockett, CA 2008 Port Costa Art Show, Port Costa School, Port Costa, CA 2007 Revisiting the Romance of the California Landscape, 77th Annual Statewide Exhibition, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA 2007 The Look of Love, Valentine Show, Bay Area Arts, The Loft Space @ Art Object Gallery, San Jose, CA, "Sleeping Dogs," Honorable Mention. 2006 Miniatures at the Manor, juried show, Plaza Art Center, Healdsburg, CA 2006 SOLA Show, Fine Art Exhibit & Juried Competition, Silicon Valley Visual Arts, Inc., at Art21, Palo Alto, CA 2003 Dry Creek Gallery, online exhibit of art and photography by Carol Putman 1982 Works On Paper, Walnut Creek Civic Arts, 166 N. Main St., Walnut Creek, CA 1978 Animal Photography, Clayton Valley Pet Hospital, Concord, CA |