Grief, a close companion in Carrington’s practice, has been an unexpected wellspring. Carrington found herself driven into the natural world for solace after a series of losses. Finding unexpected kinship in her immersion, she began seeking ways to express the journeys we make back and forth between love and grief and their inextricable link to Nature.
Primarily an oil painter, Carrington works with earth paints, pigments, acrylics, watercolor, as well as new media. The bio region of Southern Appalachia is a constant presence in her work, as are her travels across the Atlantic each year to paint the woodlands, coastlines, streams, bogs, and hills of Ireland.
Carrington graduated from Atlantic Technological University in 2002. She went on to receive awards both for research, travel, and studio practice from the Galway Arts Office, Irish Arts Council, and the Bank of Ireland. Carrington has exhibited internationally, notably at the Centre de Culture Irlandaise, Paris, The Mermaid Arts Centre and Galway Arts Center (Ireland), the US Embassy in Kazakhstan, and the Tulca International Festival of Visual Arts. Carrington’s was exhibited by Tyger Tyger and Mountain Nest in the Asheville area and is presently represented by the Bender Gallery in Asheville.
Carrington’s work is in private and public collections internationally, including Mission Hospital’s north tower collection in Asheville and the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris. Through grants and funding, Carrington has worked extensively in community arts projects, as well as tutoring in educational institutions from elementary to college level.
