CVMC Art Gallery

One Artist: Many Paths - Prints by Carole McNamee

On display at the CVMC Art Gallery from July 12, 2025 to September 6, 2035

Opening Reception: August 7, 2025 at 4:30pm to 6pm, CVMC South Lobby

Artist Statement: “After years as a painter, and many more years as a book artist, my curiosity led me to printmaking. Initially, I was curious about the possible interactions between printmaking and book arts. However, I have become increasingly interested in printmaking as an art form that stands by itself. I particularly enjoy the element of surprise present as a print is pulled off the press as well as the myriad technical challenges of creating a print. My recent works, using the solarplate, monotype, relief and intaglio techniques reflect an interest in fractal patterns revealed in natural elements: ferns, tree forms, coastlines and river deltas. Other works reveal the ongoing use of bird motifs over time and across a variety of media as well as a penchant for abstract expressionism.”

Artist Bio: Carole McNamee has pursued painting and creative endeavors her entire life, always seeking to juggle professional and personal imperatives with her desire to make art. Following a career as a professor of computer science in California and a family move to Blacksburg, Virginia, she returned to school and became a marriage and family therapist specializing in the use of the expressive arts as a therapeutic medium. In 2005, Carole founded Willowbank Creative Center where she directed The Arts in Healthcare Project in collaboration with the Family Therapy Center at Virginia Tech. After retiring - a second time - in 2015, Carole moved back to her New England roots, and now devotes much of her time to painting, collage, printmaking, and book arts. She has led workshops locally, regionally, and nationally in the therapeutic uses of the expressive arts and has exhibited in group and solo shows in Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. When not in the studio, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading, and playing tennis.

If you are interested in purchasing one of Carole's prints, please contact her directly: [email protected] or visit her website at www.carolemcnamee.com.

THE GALLERY at Central Vermont Medical Center is located in the lobby of the hospital and is open daily. For more information about THE GALLERY at CVMC please email Kate Arslambakova, Exhibition Coordinator, at [email protected]