Deb McCarroll
”Songbirds for Spring”

May 1, 2025 - June 28, 2025

@ Gary Manuel Salon / Smith Tower

Featured Image: “Timekeeper”, 10” x 10” giclee print

Deb McCarroll

Artist’s Statement:

“Beauty in imperfection is an ongoing theme throughout my work and I love exploring unconventional techniques to convey movement and emotional depth.

My process includes dry pigments rubbed into wet paint, distressing metal leafs over dripped and weathered surfaces–all in an effort to elevate the work and infuse emotional depth. The nature of painting is both the releasing and the gaining of control, sacrificing the precious in favor of an unknown whole.

I love painting birds as they are symbolic of freedom and nature. Through light and movement, these fresh, optimistic creatures overlay perfectly onto watery, loose backdrops to evoke the viewer’s own personal experiences.”

Artist’s Bio:

Originally from rural New Mexico, McCarroll trained in graphic design and her work deliberately resides in the space between figurative and abstract. She is featured in numerous collections, including 5 paintings in the Seattle Paramount Hotel permanent collection. In 2025 she was accepted to the juried On the Natural show at the Center on Contemporary Arts (CoCA). She twice exhibited in the annual juried Shack Arts Center Art of the Garden exhibition. She was the featured cover artist in Still Point Quarterly’s Four Freedoms limited edition book, was awarded the cover for Stone Voices arts magazine and she was awarded ‘Best Painting’ in the Still Point Art Gallery’s juried competition, Earth Water Fire Air: Our World. McCarroll is a member of Women Painters of Washington and currently lives and works out of her home studio in Seattle, Washington.

CoCA ShowWalls is a show opportunity for CoCA Artist in partnership with local businesses.

Public Viewing at Gary Manual Salon:
Tues 8-6:30, Wed 8:30-7:30,
Thu 9-7, Fri 8:30-7:30, Sat 8-6
528 2nd Avenue Seattle, WA 98104